It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.
Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.
Giving up doesn’t always mean you’re weak. Sometimes you’re just strong enough to let go.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
To love is to recognize yourself in another.
Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.
Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.
Write hard and clear about what hurts.
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.
Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.