The world can, and will, tell you exactly who you are; but only you can figure it out.

Waking up to a better, smarter, stronger, faster me this morning, who plans on winning by attrition....everyday is a chance to improve!

In order to appreciate and respect diversity we must first recognize and embrace our humanity.

We smell the roses because we don’t want to smell our own humanity.

[...] and after those big strokes, what's to tell? We run out of things that make us individual very quickly; all of us have far more in common than we do not have in common.

On an individual level, the human condition changed day by day, even hour by hour, and while you were soaking in self-pity over a misfortune, you might miss an opportunity for a redeeming triumph. And for every act of inhumanity, the species managed to committ a hundred acts of kindness; so if you were the type to brood, you would be more sensible if you dwelt on the remarkable goodwill with which most people treated others even in a society where the cultural elites routinely mocked virtue and celebrated brutality.

BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
Chapter 5