It is a decision that compassion is more important than fear, than fitting in, than following the crowd.

You are not a mess. You are a feely person in a messy world.

I think when your heart hurts this much it means you opened it wide once- and that is something to be proud of.

I think that sometimes quitting is exactly the right thing to do. Quitting something that's not working requires self-awareness and courage.

If our goal is to be tolerant of people who are different than we are, then we really are aiming quite low. Traffic jams are to be tolerated. People are to be celebrated.

There are only two lives we might live: our dream or our destiny. Sometimes they are one in the same, and sometimes they're not. Often our dreams are just a path to our destinies.

I was what they call a 'highly functional addict.' ... sometimes people who need help look nothing like people who need help.