Be real. Be authentic. Be yourself, whatever the emotional cost. Pain goes away, while regret over a life lived trying to be a plastic version of yourself does not.

Once trust is built, distance cannot kill it. Time and space alone cannot destroy authentic connection.

The history of your happiness is the history of your feeling connected.

To know yourself, you must first sacrifice the illusion that already you do.

A soul mate is not found. A soul mate is recognized.

Only love that continues to flow in the face of anger, blame, and indifference can be called love. All else is simply a transaction.

If you do not respect your own wishes, no one else will. You will simply attract people who disrespect you as much as you do.

The important thing is for me to feel love towards my fellow human beings—and sometimes, that has to be at a distance.

Self-love is essential. Until you can learn how to feel loved in an empty room, you will not feel loved for very long in any other room.

There is no quick fix-all procedure to heal your insecurities. Like any relationship, the relationship with yourself must be built and re-built one kind, loving conversation at a time.

Have the courage to love yourself like you always wished someone would.

To love life is to love God.

I'm surrounded by friends and family who are not that impressed by celebrity. They don't have any problem telling me I'm acting like an idiot or I'm not that funny.

What I want all of you to know is that we are going to bring those who killed our fellow Americans to justice.

Celtic fans are some of the greatest supporters I know.

It's very important to know the history and region going into it.

I look back one more time. It's like a crater, a hole where something happened.

We've all got our own brand of problems. You can be pitiful or powerful. Take your pick.

All those commodities are going to have to rise in value as we are in short supply and we are printing too much money.

The perfect way is only difficult for those who pick and choose. Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear.

If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.