But something happened when I got out into the world, something that changed me. It was the reconnection of being at one with yourself and with this world.

Understand one thing very clearly. Because all this: your time, this world, your life in it and all of those opportunities, they have a deadline.

It’s true that no one ever said life would be easy, but it is also true that no one ever said you had to go through it alone.

You either live to become an anchor of inspiration for those around you, or you live to become an anchor for a lesson for them. Whatever you become, it is entirely up to you to decide.

Don't waste this life being sad, angry or depressed as you just don't have as much time as you think you do.

There is good to be found within anything bad. Even within the death of your own father.

How much your life sucks, or how awesome your life is, is really all determined by how much fear controls your life.

Happiness is largely about being socially connected, yet we cannot be connected if we keep on being so hard and unforgiving towards ourselves and on the scars we wear inside.

There is a whole world out there, waiting for you. A world filled with opportunities wherever and whenever you want to grasp them. And whether you do or you don’t…. well that is totally up to you.

It’s true that no one ever said life would be easy, but it’s also true that no ever said you had to do it alone.

I honestly think that depression, unhappiness or the feeling of emptiness is more a lack of amazement about life than anything else.

Life is ever changing.We are ever transforming.

Fundamentally all writing is about the same thing: it's about dying about the brief flicker of time we have here and the frustrations that it creates.

I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity.

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

She was supposed to be putting her life together right now, and all she could seem to do was throw grenades at it.

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.

America is the greatest force for good in the history of the world.

I live with the things that I love: art, furniture, and objects that I have collected throughout my travels.

It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things.

Faith gives you a certain structure and meaning to your life.