I hope that, reading 'Rosa,' people will remember their own family and friends and talk about what they did and did not do.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.

I am going to go into this world, and I don't care if you and your narrow mind cannot be a part of it.

There is no illusion in awaken mind, because everything is perceived as impermanent and transient.

Hundreds would die, but not the thing they died for.

It was the first time she'd discovered something she really didn't want to find, and she didn't know what to do once she'd found it.

Success is a refined study of the obvious

It's a skill that people are born with. Either you're a focuser or you're a multitasky person. I am a full-focus person.

There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.

India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before.

Sparrows and cats will live in my shoe, Sooner than I will live with you. Fish will come walking out of the sea, Sooner than you will come back to me.

Think of the long view of life, not just what's going to happen today or tomorrow. Don't give up what you most want in life for something you think you want now.