“A job is the ultimate pyramid scheme.”

“No one is born with fear: we learn it, create it, and perpetuate it. Therefore, fear's biggest secret is we also control it.”

“The first step forward is to admit your fear, then you can take the next step to conquer it.”

“The definition of tragedy is when people do not communicate yet struggle to conceal the pain.”

“Motivating others leads to success whereas inspiring others leads to greatness.”

“Actions are most important in life: act with love, kindness, understanding, and compassion toward others that they may bear witness to your belief(s).”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.”

“Advice," Doa Vorchenza chuckled. "Advice. The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one's mutterings to a state of respectability. Give advice at forty and you're a nag. Give it at sev...”

“Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.”

“You are a divine being. You matter, you count. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light, and you will return to those realms.”

“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito!”

“Believe in the wonderment of life, the magic of love, and the reality of death.”