Have a big enough heart to love unconditionally, and a broad enough mind to embrace the differences that make each of us unique.

Liking me is optional
. . .
Respecting me is not!

We don’t have to like each other. We just need to respect each other.

Know yourself. Be yourself. Love yourself. Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.

The true measure of a man is how he treats you when others are not looking.

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up.