“Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to be, without defenses or desires. I will appreciate the flow of life for what it is-my own tr...”

“Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.”

“My calling ties me to no office, makes me no man's slave, compels me to no action which my soul condemns. It sets me free from town life, which I loathe; and allows me to breathe clean air, to exer...”

“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn.”

“Ultimately, we are all dead men - we only become born again after we have discovered our purpose, a reason to live.”

“In the mirror we see a stranger,Not the person we were born to be,For we are all pretending,Just for everyone to see.”

“Even when our death is imminent, we carry the image of ourselves moving forward, alive, into the future.”

“Your self-image tells about what you think about yourself and how you appear to yourself in your own consciousness. Self-image is the picture of yourself carried in your own mind. That picture can ...”

“Xavier stares past her with watery eyes. 'Why does the world feel the need to drop its weight upon my shoulders?' he barely whispers. His mother strokes his hair.'Maybe it believes you can handle i...”