Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. – Rainer Maria Rilke

People are resilient. After all, every person born has recovered from nine months on life support. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Aversion is a form of bondage. We are tied to what we hate or fear. That is why, in our lives, the same problem, the same danger or difficulty, will present itself over and over again in various prospects, as long as we continue to resist or run away from it instead of examining it and solving it. РPata̱jali

If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim. – Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.