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

“Show your anger when needed. People need to know what irritates you and what doesn’t. But, crucially, remain internally calm. Your anger is only a tool. Don’t become its puppet.”

Be the reason somebody’s faith in humanity is restored.

“Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer.”

“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.”

A dream is not that which you see while sleeping, it is something that does not let you sleep.

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare”

“Whatever life gives you, even if it hurts, just be strong and act like you’re okay. Strong walls shake but never collapse.”

The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.

“Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Silence isn’t empty. It’s full of answers