There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

Love is really... a recognition of another person’s integrity and truth.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got?

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments.

Love is a tenacious adventure.

It's not your job to be likable. It's your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.

The transformation of the heart is a wondrous thing, no matter how you land there.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

In quietness the soul expands.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.