“We live in the world when we love it.” – Rabindranath Tagore

“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.” – Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

“Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Communication is truth; communication is happiness…to conceal nothing; to pretend nothing; if we are ignorant to say so; if we love our friends to let them know it.” – Virginia Woolf

“It is essential that we be convinced of the goodness of human nature, and we must act as though people are good.” – John Cage

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” – Nora Ephron

“Every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” – Aldous Huxley

“Don’t ruin the present with the ruined past.” – Ellen Gilchrist

“Sometimes, letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.” – Eckhart Tolle