"I'm not a guru. I'm a human being who has learned a few things, and I'm willing to share them."

"You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody."

"I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'."

"My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness."

"The first time I read a book, I cried. The first time I wrote a book, I cried. It's a wonderful feeling."