To know your life purpose is to connect with a higher power.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

the sensation of trying to escape... but never being able to... i'm sure i felt that... that's... death

If you desire to be productive with your time, you should select a maximum of two things that are your highest priority, and plan time to work on them.

The most dangerous mistake that our souls are capable of, is, to take the creature for God, and earth for heaven (374).

I liked the air I was breathing, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with my head, ” I assured him with a giggle. “Will you kiss me again?” I flirted sweetly.

There's a sense here in L.A. that everybody's aware of everybody all the time. It's funny but we choose it. People who are here want to be here, including me.

The ocean is this beautiful, unexplored place. Why on Earth everyone isn't down there, I don't know.

I like writing my own material - Im pretty good at it.

A man who casts no shadow isn't really a man at all.

Rage against the world, if you like, but quietly, or the Guardians will awake.

We often speak of "deep ecology," but this is also Deep Eco-Psychology: how the environment can remind us of, and help mend, mental and psychic wounds.