I’m not very creative” doesn’t work. There’s no such thing as creative people and non-creative people. There are only people who use their creativity and people who don’t. Unused creativity doesn’t just disappear. It lives within us until it’s expressed, neglected to death, or suffocated by resentment and fear.

Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.

We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time.

I believe joy is a spiritual practice we have to work at.

Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all we see is our flawed selves, alone and struggling.(page 68)

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!

Fear is the opposite of love, in my opinion.