Maybe I’m still the mermaid. Maybe the ocean is your hand.

I place solitude in a frame on my desk and call it, the one I love.

We must live with our hearts in our hands - like Mary.We must hold the blood-red heart and no be disappointedwhen others look away.

As I go under, I wonder if there’s a reason for art?

Yes, it hurts to fall— ache, tenderness—but each scar is a sign your system is working.

She pours sugar on her life and drinks the artist’s marrow in the bone of her glass and she lives.

in the corner of the painting of successthe signature is blurred

Like the kite that caught up to the sky, painted with clouds, I lost track of it, but it was connected by string, something I was holding, something I could always bring back.

Sometimes darknessis the beauty I am made of—

To suffer together is to suffer with beauty,

For everyone who never smiled in school photos, for all who’ve wandered city streetsnot knowing the where they were or feeling alone, I’ve packed kindness.

[R]eligion arises not out of sacerdotal invention or chicanery, but out of the persistent wonder, fear, insecurity, hopefulness and loneliness of man.

Why is the world in need of a leader like you? You must lead for significant impact. As a leader, find the “cause” driving your leadership brand and pursue its resolution with passion and excellence.

Well, I want you to know how much I appreciate this. Really.

I want to rethink surrender as an active verb.

Aristotle wore many rings and expensive clothes. ... Plato found this off-putting and unsuited for a philosopher.

One does not need to have cancer to analyze its symptoms.

Everybody learns from traveling. I think we all do.

Funny is when you're serious.

The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.

It is one's duty to make the most of the best that is in him.