“I’m sorry you were not truly loved and that it made you cruel.”

“Whatever life takes away from you, let it go.””

“As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t. Time solves most things. And what time can’t solve, you have to solve yourself.”

“People inspire you, or they drain you — pick them wisely.”

“The purpose of relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness.”

“You are magic. Don’t ever apologize for the fire in you.”

“Inner peace begins the moment when you stop letting another person or event control your emotions.”

“Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for where you want to be.”

“There is a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs and runs and the tigers are getting closer and closer. When she comes to the edge of a cliff, she sees some vines there, so she climbs down and holds on to the vines. Looking down, she sees that there are tigers below her as well. She then notices that a mouse is gnawing away at the vine to which she is clinging. She also sees a beautiful little bunch of strawberries close to her, growing out of a clump of grass. She looks up and she looks down. She looks at the mouse. Then she just takes a strawberry, puts it in her mouth, and enjoys it thoroughly. Tigers above, tigers below. This is actually the predicament that we are always in, in terms of our birth and death. Each moment is just what it is. It might be the only moment of our life; it might be the only strawberry we’ll ever eat. We could get depressed about it, or we could finally appreciate it and delight in the preciousness of every single moment of our life.”