The power to bring me out of solitude - or to push me back into it - had never belonged to another person. It was mine and only mine.

In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved to accommodate it.

A confession you make merely to illuminate the murky corners of your little life may end up lighting the path to freedom for a thousand other hearts.

Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.

Remember that it’s okay to ask for help when you’re stumped, because sometimes you really can’t be expected to handle everything alone.

I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there.

Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.