“You are a leader. It is time to lead. You must inspire, you must plan, you must make the world a better place.”

“There was always an opportunity in crisis, however desperate things seemed.”

“The only people who fear death are the ones who haven't lived.”

“Evolution taught us that adaptation is the key to survival.”

“Humans are destructive animals, but they are also wise ones.”

“She knew that each emotion came and went, knew that she could cope with whatever life threw at her.”

“Perfection"Every oak will lose a leaf to the wind.Every star-thistle has a thorn.Every flower has a blemish.Every wave washes back upon itself.Every ocean embraces a storm.Every raindrop falls with...”

“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.”

“I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.”

“Each stage of your lifeis like petals of a flower... unfolding and opening until it comes to full bloom...You will blossom and then you die...But know that this is not your ending.”

“What made the difference between choosing to die and deciding to live?Was it the weight of sadness that buckled them over and dragged them away from all sane, rational thoughts with an anchor of ho...”

“When you die you will not bring any possessions, but you will be accompanied by the song up into heaven”