“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” – Lao-Tzu

“Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.” – Jane Goodall

“I think there’s just one kind of folks. folks.” – Harper Lee

“What I want is so simple I can’t almost say it: elementary kindness.” – Barbara Kingsolver

“It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Love is divine only and difficult always.” – Toni Morrison, Paradise

“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice.” – Ernest Hemingway

“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it, and the journey is always toward the other soul.” – D. H. Lawrence

“The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.” – Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees