Anyone can buy a good house, but good neighbors are priceless.

“Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.”

ON CHILDREN

The true mark of maturity is when somebody hurts you and you try to understand their situation instead of trying to hurt them back.

“Don’t focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.”

There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family.

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.

Love Me or Hate Me

“Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.”

“Outer beauty attracts, but inner beauty captivates.”

“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.”

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