Confront your fears. Find their root. Educate yourself. Reach out for help. Defeat your fears or they will defeat you. Never give up.

Your purpose will fuel your hope.

The world is waiting for you to seize the day and make the most of it! Who knows what could be possible. Keep dreaming, keep hoping, keep believing, keep doing!

It's simple: What you put in, is what you get out.

Don't let fear, or doubt creep in. Instead, let hope creep in. Start believing in yourself. Open your mind and heart to the possibilities.

Take your beliefs into your everyday life. Practice what you preach. Self-observe. Correct. Try. Keep trying. Never give up.

If we need to compete with anyone, we need to compete with ourselves. We need to challenge ourselves to be a better version of ourselves. We need to challenge ourselves to do better every single day.

Self-acceptance can be daunting at first, but it is made easier with the understanding that self-acceptance is not hinged on perfection. Self-acceptance is the starting point.

Active-awareness combined with daily active-effort will compound to make a significant difference.

Be patient with your pain. Take the time you need. There is no rush. Be patient and loving with yourself. You deserve your own kindness.

It takes a lot of courage to be real and raw, to not hide or pretend, to reveal the real you, the true you. This life is yours, to live as you. Brave the courage.

He deftly dealt his swiftest blow--I fell further than, I was meant to go.

The opinions of souls are their state of being.

We are not saved by good deeds

The moment my niece came into the world, I realized that logic can't make sense of someone who's so brand new to you.

I never know if my picture is a good picture or a bad picture, because I'm not making pictures thinking of the public, I'm making pictures to realize myself.

I spend about a year between novels

In the face of impermanence, if your next thought is good, this is what we call the realization body.

I am certain that to preach the wrath of God with a hard heart, a cold lip, a tearless eye, and an unfeeling spirit is to harden men, not benefit them.

Pain only hurts when you are looking for a reason to quit. You don't feel a thing when you know you can still win.

We're (millennials) looking for a truer Christianity, a more authentic Christianity.