You do not have to do anything to defend yourself in life; just be beautiful, and life will defend you.

The love and attention you always thought you wanted from someone else is the love and attention you first need to give to yourself.

Life has a way of shining on people who stand in the sunshine of kind actions.

Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.

You have to make the decision to let go of the past if you want to move forward. Reliving your painful past will poison your heart and your tomorrow. If you look at today through the eyes of the past, you can never see what the present moment has to offer.

In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.

Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.