“Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.”

“Consider everything an experiment.”

“Nothing is a mistake. Theres no win and no fail. Theres only make.”

“Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.”

“To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self disciplined is to follow in a better way.”

“It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. Flowers grow out of darkness.”

“Time defines sacred events.”

“May you find the possibilities in every moment.”

“Many of the most deeply spiritual moments of my life haven't happened just in my mind or in my soul. They happened while holding my son in the middle of the night, or watching the water break along...”

“We speak the truth because we live in truth.”

“There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.”

“But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.”

“Life is a series of waves to be embraced and overcome.”

“Life is a tide; float on it. Go down with it and go up with it, but be detached. Then it is not difficult.”

“It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.”