In order to deserve, we must pay our dues and steadily work for perfection. We must relish in struggle, and relinquish pride. We must dispel fear and seek enlightenment. We must shun division and honor love. We must know our hearts and seek to understand others. We must try, live, create, feel, grow and love.

My self-esteem had been crushed through years of childhood bullying and serious abuses, which would take me decades to overcome.

No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.

Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.

Success is a spiritual process, not a worldly one.

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light.