“No matter where you're from or what you've done, you're never stuck in a particular circumstance, relationship, or cycle unless you say you are.”

“The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best”

“True happiness lies in being compassionate and appreciating the world and our circumstances, rather than being coldhearted and greedy. We often realize too late that our favorite moments are those ...”

“I think I'm less afraid of failure than some others.”

“People are afraid of failure - they don't like to work so hard and have people keep saying, 'No.' I think that's what people fear most.”

“You know, the diversity that America has is so special. It's starting to really become a cool thing for young people.”

“Meditation did not relieve me of my anxiety so much as flesh it out. It took my anxious response to the world, about which I felt a lot of confusion and shame, and let me understand it more complet...”

“All this wondering was the weather vane on top of the building of unrest and of discontent”

“Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.”

“The only true currency in this bankrupt world are the moments you share with someone when you're uncool.”

“Fashion is simply a guideline for style-less people to appear stylish.”

“In a game of chess, someone has to take the black pieces.”

“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of sceneryair, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.”

“On the blue summer evenings, I will go along the paths,And walk over the short grass, as I am pricked by the wheat:Daydreaming I will feel the coolness on my feet.I will let the wind bathe my bare ...”

“That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!”