“If you really care about the quality of somebody’s life as much as you care about the quality of your own, you have it made.” – Edie Windsor

“We never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb inside of his skin and walk around it.” – Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird

“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.” – Bono

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart….Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

“Impatience asks for the impossible, wants to reach the goal without the means of getting there.” – Hegel

“There is not love of life without despair about life.” – Albert Camus

“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” – Moliere

“Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.” – Haruki Murakami

“It’s a funny thing about life. If you refuse to settle for anything less than the best, that’s what it will give you.” – W. Somerset Maugham

“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives. – C.S. Lewis