I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.

---

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

---

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

---

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.

---

Life is like an onion; you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. ― Carl Sandburg

---

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean!

---

Your greatest self has been waiting your whole life; don't make it wait any longer. ― Steve Maraboli

---

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

---

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

---

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself. ― Rick Riordan

---