What makes something better is connection.

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.

An opportunity fordoing an injury happens a hundred times a day, hut for doing good not once a year, " says Zoroaster.

yes, writing is mostly a dream, but angels visit in dreams

I have no sense of what War is like

Out here, it's better safe than sorry, because generally speaking, too much of the time sorry means you're dead.

When we experience our own desire for transformation, we are feeling the universe evolving through us.

You know, I used to be made fun of as a kid for being really articulate; it was sort of like a strange thing.

I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke, but you are the first who has turned smoke into gold.

We have a two-party system: The Democratic Party, which is a party of no ideas, and the Republican Party, which is a party of bad ideas.

Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.

Just as a very little fresh water is blown away by a storm of wind and dust, in like manner the good deeds, that we think we do in this life, are overwhelmed by the multitude of evils.