We are afraid of failure, of ridicule, of being rejected. We are afraid we’re not good enough.

Being willing makes you able.

Where you begin doesn't matter. Your willingness to start is what counts.

If you value yourself, you understand that you are a gift to anyone you meet.

Let go of what you think life should be so you can experience the life you have.

Each moment is a moment of choice and your commitments keep you true to yourself, choice by choice.

You don't have to earn or deserve love. You are love. Loving is never about how others treat you. It is always about how you are treating yourself.

Purpose directs passion and passion ignites purpose.

Forgiveness ... is a willingness to get over what you think should have happened and an acceptance of the reality of what actually happened.

Investing and connecting are the key factors in turning any intention into reality.

Seeing people as innocent is the greatest gift you can give another human being: the gift of acceptance.

The author and intellectual Cornel West has said that 'justice is what love looks like in public.' I often think that neoliberalism is what lovelessness looks like as policy.

Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.

In some neighborhoods, faces mature faster than bodies.

This can’t be a coincidence, and there’s no longer any doubt in my mind. I am in a horror story.

The single best machine to measure trust is a human being. We haven't figured out a metric that works better than our own sort of, like, 'There's something fishy about you.'

The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.

Come, eate thy fill of this thy God's white loaf. It's food too fine for Angels, yet come, take and eate thy fill. It's Heaven's Sugar Cake.

I rest their case. I'm Pro-Life.

Friends are like fiddle strings; they must not be screwed too tight.

You might be a redneck if you have to go outside to get something out of the fridge.