"When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want."

"Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do."

"Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward."

"Everything you'll ever need to know is within you"

"Love your life. Because your life is what you have to give."

"Only two things can reveal life's great secrets: suffering and love."

"A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind."

"Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours."

"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."

"Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander."

"I want a tattoo over my heart that reads TRY HARDER YOU LAZY PARAMEDIC SHITBAG OR I WILL HAUNT YOUR BEDROOM FOREVER"

"It’s against the rules of humanity to believe there is nothing we can do."

"Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear."

"It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom."

"Stand up and walk. Move on. After all, you have perfect legs to stand on."

"Each of us is full of shit in our own special way. We are all shitty little snowflakes dancing in the universe."

"When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness."

"if you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you."

"You don't know, oh, ohYou don't know you're beautiful."

"Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream. That’s the point at which most people give up. It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon."

"You have to teach your heart and mind how to sing together... then you'll hear the sound of your soul"

"Live boldly. Push yourself. Don't settle."