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

“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.”

“Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.”

Live your best, and act your best, and think your best each day, for there may be no tomorrows.

When you cut off….

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

“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.”

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

“Kindness gives birth to kindness.”

“What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.”

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

“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.”