“Everyone behaves badly….Give them a proper chance.” – Ernest Hemingway

“One is never fortunate or as fortunate as one imagines.” – Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” – Carl Sagan

“In time, we often become one with those we once failed to understand.” – Patti Smith

“Compassion is not a relationship between healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we present with the darkness of others.” – Pema Chodron

“Change is one thing. Acceptance is another.” – Arundhati Roy

“Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.” – Confucius

“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmostphere of quiet that true joy can live.” – Bertrand Russell

“Serenity comes from the ability to say ‘yes’ to existence.” – Ayn Rand

“There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness, and truth.” – Leo Tolstoy