“We are so blinkered by progress, so preoccupied with where we want to go and how fast we can travel, that many of us have lost the ability to simply stop.”

“Life. Its about adventure, of having a dream and following it.”

“Eventually, after much dreaming, the dream no longer suffices. You have to physically be there.”

“Be patient, persistent and above all, believe.”

“We seek not for forgiveness, but the freedom and time to do more than exist.”

“Dive deep and make your discovery.”

“I lay there for three whole days, totally paralyzed. My friends helped me to the bathroom and anywhere else I needed to move; but I have very vague impressions of those days because it was a time o...”

“I admit to being prone to deep thinking, which given that Im emerging from dark times can take me to some very sombre or profound places. But this is no bad thing. I always resurface wiser and wi...”

“You are constantly told in depression that your judgment is compromised, but a part of depression is that it touches cognition. That you are having a breakdown does not mean that your life isn't a ...”

“I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist...I am a person who does those things.”

“The point, I decided, wasn't to have the autobiography or even the memories. The point was who I became when I wrote.”

“The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. You place your entire identity on the line, not just an isolated part. This may sound daunting, but act...”

“Your purpose is to remember your purpose”

“The moment we decide our purpose is to win is the moment we lose.”

“You're either living on purpose or living accidentally, so live ON purpose WITH purpose!”