Calm is a state of mind. Calm in the midst of chaos is an indispensable skill--to act whole while being broken, to desire to see despite the dark, to think strategically while in crisis. Calmness is its own reward.

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Does your presence stifle growth and evolution or does it promote the multiplication of various meaningful relations? Do you restrict and suffocate or do you open and make possible? This is the question one must answer when asking about the meaning of one's life.

Progress, not perfection. Contentment, not bliss.

The deepest level of love and respect is not based on looks, reputation, or accomplishments. It is founded upon one's genuine appreciation and admiration of the uniqueness of how the Other sees the world.

Never expect, never assume. Always act and decide on the basis of facts, not hopes.

Lahat ng may bigat at mahalagang ginawa, ginagawa, at gagawin mo sa buhay mo ay ginawa, ginagawa, at gagawin mo sa kabila ng lahat. Value is generated by the "In spite of."

Truth. The more you do and the more you act, you leave your brain less and less room to mess things up. Head down. Power through.

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting with the first one." – Mark Twain

It is easy to be angry. But to be angry at the right person, at the right time, at the right place, in the right way, and for the right reasons is difficult. -Aristotle

Power is loud only when it's weak.

We're not victims of circumstance. We're victims of perspective.

It's in the mundane and unglamorous fringes of everyday life that one truly finds oneself. For placed in a different context, the self stresses either to be less or more than itself. It is in the anguish of normalcy, the pitter-patter of the regular that one truly finds oneself.

If hunger felt good, we would starve and die.

It's not the lack of time, but the lack of direction that gets us. Everyone gets 24 hours a day.

Worry doesn't prevent future pain, it only steals your present joy.

Peace over pace.