“Millions of people can believe in you, and yet none of it matters if you don’t believe in yourself.”

“I never change, I simply become more myself.”

“The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds.”

“You will never be who you want to be, until you are happy with who you are.”

“You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try accepting yourself and see what happens.”

“People will stare. Make it worth their while.”

“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.”

“It wasn’t freedom she wanted. It was belief in something - a prize big enough to run for and to fight for and to keep on reaching toward no matter what.”

“How do you know when it’s over?” - “Maybe when you feel more in love with your memories than with the person standing in front of you.”

“The best listeners listen between the lines.”

“I am learning to love the sound of my feet walking away from things not meant for me.”

“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”