We come from the mentality, that rarely sees the horror in symmetry or the beauty in non-conformity

I accept that today may be imperfect... I accept that I may be as well. What I don't accept is that imperfection should be the crutch I use to excuse myself from participating in joy.

I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up I stand on mountain tops believing that avalanches will teach me to let go I know nothing but I am here to learn.

The tiniest dream that you make happen is worth more than the biggest dream that you never attempt.

I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.

Look at an avalanche, and see that we are at our most powerful when we let go. Look at a flower, and see that we are at our most beautiful when we open up.

If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.

Our lives will only ever always continue to be a balancing act that has less to do with pain and more to do with beauty.

I have loved this life. I smile because I have tiny dreams that play hopscotch at the corners of my mouth. And every time I breathe they float, every time I laugh, they fly kites.

If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.

A question like “do you love me?” was an itch our doctors told us not to scratch.

People love you and value you by, how good you are? And not by, how good you look.

When you overcome fear, you will be strengthened by faith

One things guys have to remember is consistency... You can't make up for three years of eating poorly in just one workout.

If you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then be different from your peers.

I've always done a few things at once. I've always been a musician and an actor, at the same time.

Ooh good I've got syphilis, the BEST of the sexually transmitted diseases.

So much can be learned by any filmmaker by studying his work, in terms of blocking, staging, editing and sound.

I'm delighted by how Nobody's Fool turned out. It was a rare movie.

You need humility to say 'I might be wrong.'

A book is basically just symbols arranged to form this story, this world. But on the other hand, books, novels, literature in general, is what shows us at our most human.