our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate
our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure
it is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us
we ask ourselves, who am i to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
actually, who are you not to be?
you are a child of God
your playing small doesn't serve the world
there's nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you
we are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us...
as we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others

-nelson mandela



this being human is a guest house
every morning a new arrival
a joy, a depression, a meanness
some momentary awareness comes an unexpected visitor
welcome and entertain them all
even if they're a crowd of sorrows
who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture
still treat each guest honorably
he may be clearing you out for some new delight
the dark thought, the shame, the malice
meet them at the door, laughing, and invite them in
be grateful for whoever comes
for each has been sent as a guide from beyond

-rumi



have patience with everything unresolved in your heart
and try to love the questions themselves...
don't search for the answers,
because you would not be able to live them
and the point is, to live everything.
live the questions now.
perhaps then, someday far in the future,
you will gradually, without even noticing it,
live your way into the answer.

-rainer maria rilke