“I truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not only educating our minds, but our hearts and our souls.”— Malala Yousafzai, theguardian.com
“When people say ‘Black Lives Matter, that doesn’t mean blue lives don’t matter.”— Barack Obama, bustle.com
“First of all, don’t ever start a sentence with, ‘If I were a black father.' If you are a black father, you don’t need to say it and if you aren’t, you should probably just shut the fuck up.”— Seth Meyers, thedailybeast.com
“When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban – that's my definition for her – I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which…”— Malala Yousafzai, theguardian.com
“It takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“A lot of people feel like they’re victims in life, and they’ll often point to past events, perhaps growing up with an abusive parent or in a dysfunctional family. Most psychologists believe that about 85 percent of families are dysfunctional, so all of a sudden you’re not so unique. My parents were…”— Rhonda Byrne, amazon.com
“See if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge.…”— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com
“Contrary to some of our great myths, the universe was not created once upon a time, but rather is constantly being created and re-created.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“When the pain of being the same becomes greater than the pain of being different, you change.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“There is a wellspring of life within you where you can go for cleansing and transformation.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“On some dimension or other, every event in life can be causing only one of two things: either it is good for you, or it is bringing up what you need to look at in order to create good for you. Evolution is win-win. Life is self-correcting.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“It’s hard to recognize that life isn’t a holding action, but a process. It’s hard to learn that we don’t leave the best parts of ourselves behind, back in the dugout or the office. We own what we learned back there. The experiences and the growth are grafted onto our lives. And when we exit, we can…”— Ellen Goodman, seattletimes.com
“If something you desire is not happening, you are not emotionally or mentally ready for it yet. Make your mental adjustment in the now, and the reality will follow.”— Russell Anthony Gibbs, amazon.com
“Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.”— Maya Angelou, goodreads.com
“The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.”— Kiran Desai, amazon.com