"The ability to feel pain without letting it destroy you or someone else is a superpower."

"The past exists to guide and warn you, not to trap you. Learn from it, but do not live there; growth requires moving forward, not anchoring in what is over."

"No one talks about the personality shift as you get older. Where you no longer want to be impressive, you want to be rested. You want to be regulated and completely unavailable to anything that drains you."

"We stress too much for a life that can end at anytime. Make sure to live."

"Pain plus reflection equals progress."

"He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass."