inspiration

"The effects you will have on your students are infinite and currently unknown; you will possibly shape the way they proceed in their careers, the way they will vote, the way they will behave as partners and spouses, the way they will raise their kids."

"By justifying our harmful negative habits, we live in delusion. We are lying to ourselves. And worse yet, we waste the precious opportunity of living our truth."

"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito."

"If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it."

"Anything creative requires a bit of acting,and filling in blanks with imagination."

"Play to win, not "not to lose"."

"Trying to live up to yourself is the most trying thing."

"A person's a person, no matter how small."

"Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig."

"If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained."

"Do not dare not to dare."

"There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors."

"Exuberance is beauty."

"Sometimes a short cut is just a short cut to disaster."

"You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows that they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift."

"I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too."

"ان الوحي الإلهي يعني أحياناً وبكل بساطة أن نضبط أذهاننا على نحو يخوّلنا سماع ماتعرفه قلوبنا"

"She's a woman, you're a dude. You're not supposed to understand her. That's not what she's after.... She doesn't want you to understand her. She knows that's impossible. She just wants you to understand yourself. Everything else is negotiable."

"I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."

"What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible."