'God put the rainbow in the clouds, not just in the sky'... It is wise to realize we already have rainbows in our clouds, or we wouldn't be here. If the rainbow is in the clouds, then in the worst of time, there is the possibility of seeing hope... We can say 'I can be a rainbow in the cloud for someone yet to be.' That may be our calling.

Exchange love for hate...Thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.

That's the biggest gift I can give anybody: 'Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you're doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.'

We must be warriors in the struggle against ignorance

To be human is to be challenged to be more divine. Not even to try to meet such a challenge is the biggest defeat imaginable.

I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.