“A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.” ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon…. If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.” ― Gautama Buddha

“I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.” ― Albert Einstein

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” ― anaïs nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 7: 1966-1974

“Dear God,” she prayed, “let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry…have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere – be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.” ― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn