All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is a part of being alive, something we all share. We react against the possibility of loneliness, of death, of not having anything to hold on to. Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.

At some point, we realize that what we do for ourselves benefits others, and what we do for others benefits us.

Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both...Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both.

Searching for happiness prevents us from ever finding it.

It is a commitment to respect whatever life brings that we develop wholehearted determination to use discomfort as an opportunity for awakening, rather than trying to make it disappear.