Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. [Stanford University commencement speech, 2005]
There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.
For I have known them all already, known them all— Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change -Clary Fray
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment.
We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.
When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.
You don't have to disrespect and insult others simply to hold your own ground. If you do, that shows how shaky your own position is.
I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.
Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.
The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment.
My life didn't please me, so I created my life.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?
I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. It’s okay if you have to leave us. It’s okay if you want to stop fighting.
Our lives are not as limited as we think they are; the world is a wonderfully weird place; consensual reality is significantly flawed; no institution can be trusted, but love does work; all things are possible; and we all could be happy and fulfilled if we only had the guts to be truly free and the wisdom to shrink our egos and quit taking ourselves so damn seriously.
It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.