“How we spend days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” – Annie Dillard

“You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept.” – Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

“If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.” – John Irving

“In any given moment, we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.” – Abraham Maslow

“It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.” – Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments that stand out above everything else are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” – Henry Drummond

“The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” – Mitch Albom

“We do know that no one gets wise enough to really understand the heart of another, though it is the task of our life to try.” – Louise Erdrich

“In youth we learn; in age we understand.” – Marie Von Ebner Eschenbach

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw