Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy.
It's not so much what happens to us, as what happens in us that counts.
I believe that pain and suffering can either be a prison or a prism.
Life is really fun, if only we gave it a chance.
The disillusionment with our own abilities is, perhaps, one of the most important things that can ever happen to us.
Life becomes precious and more special to us when we look for the little everyday miracles and get excited about the privileges of simply being human