“I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.” 

“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.”

“We should love, not fall in love, because everything that falls, gets broken.”

“Family is not about blood. It’s about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the most.” 

“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.”

Being Human is Given. But keeping our Humanity is a Choice.

“You only live one but if you do it right, once is enough.”

“A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden.”

Your child needs your presence more than your presents. – Jesse Jackson

“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”

Easy is to judge the mistakes of others. Difficult is to realize your own mistakes.

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

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