SJVilar: Solitude is a condition of peace that stands in direct opposition to loneliness.
SJVilar: Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light.
SJVilar: A cup of coffee shared with a friend is happiness tasted and time well spent.
SJVilar: "Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me."
SJVilar: “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow”
SJVilar: "Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people."
SJVilar: The Guard Tower at Manzanar
SJVilar: “Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.”
SJVilar: “Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.”
SJVilar: “Smile, breathe and go slowly.”
SJVilar: “Beauty is not caused. It is.”
SJVilar: "It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."