Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as 'grace under pressure' - grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.

     - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's ("Freedom From Fear" speech given in 1990.)

I always wanted a happy ending... Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.
                                                         - Gilda Radner (1946 - 1989)

Inner freedom allows us to savour the lucid simplicity of the present moment...
                                                             - Matthieu Ricard