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

Zanele Muholi

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed."

Carl Jung

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

Charlotte Brontë

“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.”

Dan Millman

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

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

Swami Vivekananda

"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship."

Louisa May Alcott

“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”

Dalai Lama