Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you're feeling. To have the hard conversations.

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy... When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

Labeled fools to the world are geniuses to the cosmos.

We men of this age are rotten with book-lore and with a yearning for the past.

He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor.

‎[Melisandre] "His Grace is growing fond of you." [Jon] "I can tell. He only threatened to behead me twice." Page 58

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

There is a legacy of violence against native women that has gotten worse and worse over time.

All I want to do is do my shows and play golf.

Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

When we are honoured for a thing, we become attached to that thing.

Believers should acknowledge and wrestle with doubts... It is no longer sufficient to hold beliefs just because you inherited them.