She had this way of always finding the good and believing in everything despite all she had seen.

The purpose of this glorious life is not simply to endure it, but to soar, stumble, and flourish as you learn to fall in love with existence. We were born to live, my dear, not to merely exist.

And as she fell apart, her shattered pieces began to bloom — blossoming until she became herself exactly as she was meant to be...

Never place yourself above your fellow man, for we are all, each and every one of us, born of equal rights to the nourishing earth beneath and the wonder of the stars above.

You are not flawed, you are as beautiful as you have always been and blessed with evidence of a life lived.

The love and attention you always thought you wanted from someone else, is the love and attention you first need to give to yourself.

Well, sir, it is precisely my notion that one sees and learns most of all by observing our younger generations.

Collectivism requires self-sacrifice, the subordination of one's interests to those of others.

A person's creative ability decreases in direct proportion to the degree to which he takes himself seriously.

Two basic values, autonomy and solidarity, serve as helpful prompters in any decision-making process.

Salvation is not just something God gives you that is going to bless you after you die, it is having the presence of the lord now.

Thus I set my printless feet O'er the cowslip's velvet head, That bends not as I tread.

It isn't ever delicate to live.

I definitely had a top-notch education.

One of the things people don't really recognise about the similarities between country and hip-hop is that they're celebrations of pride in a lifestyle.