“If you want to find out who your real friends are, sink the ship. The first ones to jump aren’t your friends.”

The brightest stars are those who shine for the benefit of others

In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past as that will only cause unnecessary resentment.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” 

“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.”

“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”

“That is what compassion does. It challenges our assumptions, our sense of self-limitation, worthlessness, of not having a place in the world, our feelings of loneliness and estrangement. These are narrow, constrictive states of mind. As we develop compassion, our hearts open.”

ON CHILDREN

“It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters.”

“To tell someone not to be emotional is to tell them to be dead.”

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up