“Often our greatest teachers come in the form of people we love who eventually subject us to extreme pain. With pain comes an opportunity for growth; it is the catalyst for evolution. When the pain of staying the same becomes unbearable, we are forced to break self sabotaging habits & adjust our choi…”— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com
“You are so busy standing in your ruins that you are not building a new city.”— Brianna Wiest, shopcatalog.com
“If you’re really listening, if you’re awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly. In fact, your heart is made to break; its purpose is to burst open again and again so that it can hold evermore wonders.”— Andrew Harvey, amazon.com
“For me every misstep has been a step toward epiphany, understanding, some kind of joy. Yeah, the avoidance of pain is a real mistake.”— Brad Pitt, gq.com