To love is to risk, and to risk is to lose sometimes, to get hurt. But let it not deter you from loving again, from being happy.

It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams.

Let go of what you can no longer keep. Protect what's still worth keeping. Believe in love most of all.

There will always be a pain in 'goodbyes'. No matter how much we seem to understand everything, it breaks our hearts to ever see anything beautiful die.

Wasted laughter. Wasted tears. Wasted love. That's how badly you felt. And yet, is love ever truly wasted?

Saying goodbye doesn't mean you need to forget, It doesn't mean you were never loved.It doesn't mean you're weak, It doesn't mean you didn't try hard enough.

We are fragile beings, yet we often act as though we couldn't be hurt, and as though we couldn't hurt other people.

God's breath is like a fresh wind that renews us. Frail and weak as we are, we have hope. We find healing.

We hurt so much because we have lost a part of ourselves. If we have loved much, we must have given much also, and when everything's over, we feel as though we have lost everything.

A memorable heart is the easiest way to immortality.

Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.

Don't try to impress people. Always be yourself!

It was very constraining, much more than I ever would have thought, to run for governor.

The photograph gives constant reference to the rectangle. This forces any idea into the confines of pictorial illusionism.

Experts say that if children can't read by the end of the fifth grade, they lose self-confidence and self-esteem, making them more likely to enter the juvenile justice system.

When you live your life in alignment with a purpose that is centered on selflessly adding value for others, opportunities become abundant and your life becomes fulfilled.

A well-understood and testable hypothesis like sexual selection surely trumps an untestable appeal to the inscrutable caprices of a creator.

I'm basically a very happy person and I don't have to be anybody else.

What I’ve learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment.