I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.'ġ6. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.'ġ4.

'You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. We may not have enough courage to display it.'ġ3. 'Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.'ġ2. 'Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.'ġ1. 'We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.'ġ0. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.'ĩ. 'Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place.'Ĩ. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. 'If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.'ħ. 'My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.'Ħ. 'If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.'ĥ. If you can't change it, change your attitude.'Ĥ. 'There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.'ģ.

'When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.'Ģ.

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