No part of your experience is wasted. Everything you've experienced so far is part of what you were meant to learn.

You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the healthiest, most constructive things you can do for yourself and the people who matter to you.

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.

If anything is worth doing, it is worth doing it badly.

We are a time-starved people, obsessed with fitting huge achievements into our few years. In the process, we often fill our buckets with things that don't matter or work. But when we give up on trying to change what can't be changed, and simply embrace what we love, a miracle occurs. We notice that the moment to be happy has already arrived. It's here, now.

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.