Bragging is often merely a ladder we build for ourselves out of words when we are afraid we are not tall enough in the eyes of the world. It is an unwitting confession to low self-esteem.

Respecting others' opinions doesn't mean being untrue to our own.

If we are kind and considerate, people will want to be around us, and we benefit from enduring circles of attention and care.

Don't discount the power of your words. The thought that they might cause unnecessary hurt or discomfort should inform every conversation.

When we complain, we often project onto others the dissatisfaction of how we're dealing with our own lives.

When people have invested their identities into clichés, the only counter argument they have is 'being offended'.

I want to kiss you so thoroughly that you lose your ability to stand.

After you make a fool of yourself a few hundred times, you learn what works.

The little broken doll was no more.

Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth.

To destroy images is something every revolution has been able to do.

You can't have real and authentic friendships unless you honor your feelings.

Socrates condemned art because he preferred philosophy and only after much internal struggle did Plato accept this judgment.

I think moral outrage is born not of anger but of love. It comes from the highest in us, not from a low-level sense of anger or cynicism.

I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary.