Not in nature but in man is all the beauty and worth he sees. The world is very empty, and is indebted to this gilding, exalting soul for all its pride.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

I wanted my home to be a haven, like coming in from the cold to a big warm hug.

Being thankful for and celebrating what is attracts more of what can and will be.

Time is generally the best doctor.

Sorrow, like rain makes roses and mud.

I was really bored and unhappy in school, and I used to act out and do horrible things.

I love those documentaries where everyone is fabulous and always perfect.

Creating safety is your first job [as therapist], and then once that's established, you can use many tools to help someone see the folly in their thinking.

Like I've been sketched by an amateur artist: if you don't look too closely, it's all right, but start focusing and all the smudges and mistakes become really obvious.

Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.

What's great is my parents aren't stuck in the '60s. My dad is so into the culture of today.