Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.

Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you're feeling. To have the hard conversations.

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy... When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.

The [true] intellectual is he who does not let harm done to others and nor let any harm done to even one's own self.

Only the best thoughts is good enough to carry you throughout today's journey.

Your Potential is all that you can HAVE but have not yet possessed. No limits. No boundaries

"Body am I, and soul" - so saith the child. And why should one not speak like children?

I believe nicotine plus caffeine equals protein.

A critic who uses new quotations is making important changes.

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.

The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.

When I am writing, I try to do it five hours a day but I spend about two of those just fooling around.

Change comes more from managing the journey than from announcing the destination