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

Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.

“Sometimes we can feel like we are not good enough, but it is important to remember that we have nothing to prove others. Love and respect yourself each and every day.”

If your goals set you apart from the crowd. Stay alone.

“The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.”

“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 weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

“Home is the place, where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”  

“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.”

“We must understand that sadness is an ocean, and sometimes we drown, while other days we are forced to swim.”

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

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

“Dream, dream, dream. Dreams transform into thoughts and thoughts result in action.”