“It takes enormous courage and humility to be open to others to find out who we really are.”

“By letting go of misguided beliefs, love and compassion can break through.”

“People who help others on a regular basis are ten times more likely to be healthy than people who do not.”

“Awareness is the first step in rewriting old stories.”

“Generous people are likely to receive more respect from their peers.”

“Empathy allows us to enter the world of another. It allows us to take a mental vacation from ourselves.”

“And if I'd be left alone in the woods again, I smiled to think how I'd find new gifts and thrive. At the end of a long trail and the beginning of the rest of my life, I was committed to always lovi...”

“I wish that people would stop destroying other people just because they were once destroyed.”

“And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

“Logically, you should go to school, get good grades, go to college, get a good degree, go into the workplace, then work hard and be happy. The only problem is that happiness isn't logical.”

“You are the cause of your suffering. That means that you alone have the power to change it.”

“If youre not afraid of working hard, self-reliance comes easy!”

“there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it .”

“If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.”