The thing about leaving something behind for the last time is that you rarely realize you're doing it.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

comparing what you see during an eclipse to the darkness at night is like comparing an ocean to a teardrop.

The sidelines may be safer but life is played on the field

Nothing nice you ever do for anyone is for no reason.

If nothing ever changed, there would be no such things as butterflies.

Maybe some things aren't meant to be known. maybe there just meant to be accepted.

When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it.

You never know, life is short but it’s wide

I am not plain, or average or - God forbid - vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge and a cherry on top.

He wasn't an especially charismatic or commanding individual, but what he lacked in personality he emphatically made up for in diligence.

Music was like my first real toy. I was an only child for a while, and I was alone a lot of the time - and I liked it. I still like being alone.

CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.

One doesn't stop seeing. One doesn't stop framing. It doesn't turn off and turn on. It's on all the time.

God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the "self-made men", who take the credit.

Each and every one of you has the power, the will and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which you live in

You can find inspiration when you're not even looking for it.

Our people still need support. Support us through writing your government officials. We are still on the verge of extinction, with continued injustices brought against us.

No elderly person should be like an “exile” in our families. The elderly are a treasure for our society.

Eaters must understand that eating takes place inescapably in the world, that it is inescapably an agricultural act, and that how we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used.