“Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.”

Love Me or Hate Me

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’re in the luckiest one percent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.”

“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.”

“Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don’t lock them away. If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier.”

“The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it …”

“Don’t worry about those who talk behind your back, they are behind you for a reason.”

Life Doesn’t Come With A Manual. It Comes With A Mother

“They are not your friend unless they have defended you in your absence.”

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

“Any alleged right of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another isn’t and can’t be a right.”