In insecure relationships, we disguise our vulnerabilities so our partner never really sees us.

Being the “best you can be” is really only possible when you are deeply connected to another. Splendid isolation is for planets, not people.

The most functional way to regulate difficult emotions in love relationships is to share them.

Naming an emotion begins the process of regulating it and reflecting on it.

all misery comes from fear, from unsatisfied desire.

As we become more mature in faith, learning to trust that God is capable of all things, we will see God as bigger and bigger every time we encounter Him.

If character is what you do when no one is watching, then sportsmanship is that conduct with everybody watching.

She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run away.

I certainly think that he [Alan Rickman] was a kind of actor who needed to grow into his maturity to realize the potential, the huge potential that he had.

Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.

Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit.

Water is the mirror that has the ability to show us what we cannot see.

Perhaps my whisper was already born before my lips.

Keep your focus on your passion in life and the things you enjoy doing. Youll get there. Trust me. I'm doing it.