"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
"Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing."
"The hardest battle you are ever going to have to fight is the battle to be just you."
"Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lies man's only promise."
"...the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must "feel"something ... or they couldn't possibly hate. Therefore, there's some way in which I can get to them."
"The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position."