Every shortcut has a price usually greater than the reward.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

A fundamentalist is someone who wants to substitute what he believes for what you believe, " Max said. "And someone who thinks he knows the will of God better than anyone else.

A fast is not necessarily something we offer God, but it assists us in offering ourselves

But he’s an untouchable, Shirin.’ ‘He’s my Untouchable Prince Charming, then. Only I am allowed to touch him.

Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.

You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.

Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened. If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures.

I am about to - or I am going to - die; either expression is correct.

Never give up, no matter how hard life gets no matter how much pain you feel. Pain will eventually subside, nothing remains forever, so keep going and don't give up.

But to be able to kiss someone you love when you're fully and completely in control of yourself and know who you are...it's exquisite. How we love others is affected by how we love ourselves.

Thought that can merge wholly into feeling, feeling that can merge wholly into thought - these are the artist's highest joy.