The concept of recovery is rooted in the simple yet profound realization that people who have been diagnosed with mental illness are human beings.

The goal of recovery is not to become normal. The goal is to embrace the human vocation of becoming more deeply, more fully human.

The goal is to become the unique, awesome, never to be repeated human being that we were called to be.

We share in the certainty that people labeled with mental illness are first and above all, human beings. Our lives are precious and are of infinite value.

People need to have 'the dignity of risk' and 'the right to fail'.

I believe it is a spirit of hope that gathers us here together today.

These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.

The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.

My fingers itched to touch, my lips begged to taste and my body buzzed with a frenzied energy, but my mind screamed to move far away from him fast.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

Even five minutes spent in silence will nurture and revive your soul and spirit.

Bird leaves the land to enjoy the freedom; man leaves his thoughts to enjoy the silence. Meditation is man's flying to the land of silence.

Meditation can reintroduce you to the part that's been missing.

When you have nothing to lose, the sky's the limit.