" We must be our own before we can be another’s. "

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

" The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished. "

— Deng Ming-Dao

" Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. "

— Chris Grosser

" A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. "

— Friedrich Nietzsche

" Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation. "

— Rumi

" Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to become. "

— Elizabeth Fishel