In the thoughtlessness of my incessant hurry, I have made God an ‘addendum in’ my life verses the ‘agenda of’ my life. And what I need to hurry up and realize is that with these priorities positioned as such, what I am hurrying to is my own demise.

Peace never hurries. To rush or force is contradictory to the very essence of peace.

In the end, history proved the Jews correct. Across time and place, memory lives on the tenacity of a people’s resolve never to forget—not just with words—but with an endless stream of concrete actions rushing every day, every hour, every minute, every second.

Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It's no coincidence we call them 'deadlines.

While you'll feel compelled to charge forward it's often a gentle step back that will reveal to you where you and what you truly seek.

Nothing good ever comes out of hurry and frustration, only misery.

Nature never rushes, yet everything gets done.

Don't rush your legs to feed your greed. They will rush to judge you as the greedy one.

Whose idea was it that we should all get jobs, work faster, work better, race from place to place with our brains stewing on tweets, blogs, and sound bites, on must-see movies, must-do experiences, must-have gadgets, when in the end, all any of us will have is our simple beating heart, reaching up for the connection to whoever might be in the room or leaning into our mattress as we draw our last breath?