"If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own."

Charlotte Brontë

“The cheerful mind perseveres, and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.”

Swami Vivekananda

"I’ve come to understand that listening is one of the most important things we can do for one another… if we care, we can listen."

Fred Rogers

I’ve come to understand that listening is one of the most important things we can do for one another… if we care, we can listen

Fred Rogers

"Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart."

Charles Dickens

“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”

Douglas Coupland

“Fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more, whine less, breathe more, talk less, say more, hate less, love more, and good things will be yours.”

Swedish Proverb

“If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.”

Zanele Muholi