Solitude is a place where all is quiet - except the beating of your heart.

Dreams are matters of the heart, things that pull you along as if they have hooked you someplace deep inside.

Forgiveness is the path to healing.

This is one of the take-home messages for me: we just walk around with this narrative in America that everybody wants to be rich and famous. That that’s why people do what they do. And you know, all through these pages you learn over and over again no, actually not even NFL cheerleaders are doing it for fame and fortune. There’s another motivation going on that is so pure and human. That to me was an eye-opener in a really wonderful way.

Why do we think the people on stage are the only ones having fun?

You can make your life so much larger simply be acknowledging everyone else's.

You plant a garden one flower at a time. ... You write a book one word at a time, clean a closet one shelf at a time, run a marathon one step at a time. If you feel defeated by some large task, get your spade and dig the first hole.