I am a canvas of my experiences, my story is etched in lines and shading, and you can read it on my arms, my legs, my shoulders, and my stomach.

Express yourself through your art - whether it’s your drawings in a sketchpad, tattoos on your skin, the shade of your lipstick, or the clothes that you wear.

Everyday, I have the choice to live a life of compassion that not only saves animals, but helps the environment.

You have to nourish your creativity for it to flourish.

We are the masters of our reality.

What's truly important--and what I find myself forgetting and having to relearn--is that right here, right now, I am free. Free to be myself and to express myself.

Years of cultural programming have taught us to love some animals while eating others, when in all reality, all animals are sentient beings with the capacity to feel, both physically and emotionally.

There is no point in developing anything at the cost of exploiting and abusing animals.

Certain scents can evoke so much feeling, nostalgia, and trigger beautiful memories.

When I became vegan 5 years ago, it was truly eye opening. I think it's all about perspective, really.

When I became vegan I thought I would have to deprive myself of certain sweets that I loved so much, like caramel and peanut butter cups, but on the contrary!

Be selfish and take good care of you first. When you are your best, you can best help others.

The rights of others often begins with the fight for justice of one.

Our minds thirst for anything that reminds us of the deepest wisdom of the soul.

I believe that fiction with its untrammelled nature, speaks to no one, and by so doing, speaks to all.

Once you go on welfare it changes you. Even if you get off welfare, you never escape the stigma that you were a charity case. You're scarred for life.

Every time you step on the football field in between those lines you're putting your life, your career, every single ligament in your body in jeopardy.

I'm one of those religious people who are afraid of everything. I'm instantly worried about everything that could go wrong.

Any1 who would run out to buy an assault rifle after the Newtown massacre has very little left in their body or soul worth protecting. ;^

Every time your faith is strengthened as you hear the Word, release it through your mouth to receive your miracle, for God’s Word is out to prosper you!

For me, it might sound cliche, but beauty for me really does start on the inside. It's like a state of mind, a state of love if you will. Then, whatever you can do on the outside is all like a bonus.