“Though you may not be able to change it, you can handle an ugly situation beautifully.”

“There can be no rebirth without a dark night of the soul, a total annihilation of all that you believed in and thought that you were.”

“Dive deeply into the miracle of life and let the tips of your wings be burnt by the flame, let your feet be lacerated by the thorns, let your heart be stirred by human emotion, and let your soul be lifted beyond the earth.”

“Instead of lamenting your fate, create your world.”

“One is never so strong as when one is broken.”

“To bring the sublime into the mundane is the greatest challenge there is.”

“Don't be concerned about being disloyal to your pain by being joyous.”