Gentle

We are all much more similar than we are different. We're all just looking for food, and love, and meaning.

When big decisions pop up, get quiet, real quiet and listen. Turn off your phone, turn off your computer and listen to your true heart. Hear the thing that makes you feel sick with excitement and scares you because you know you will learn — and do that thing.

Gear yourself for the long haul. Success, however small, however incomplete, success is still success. Better is good. It may not be perfect, it may not be great, but it's good. That's how progress happens.

If you calm down, you will know what your instincts are telling you and you'll know which way, right or wrong, that you must proceed.

There is one measure of civilization and it comes down to how people treat each other. Kindness is the basic ingredient.

You are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. Like a muscle, you can build it up, draw on it when you need it. In that process, you will figure out who you really are — and you just might become the very best version of yourself.

Just to be here, you guys sacrificed and left behind your family, your friends, and your social circles, and started over again from scratch. At your age, even the smallest ripple in a social circle can cause an emotional tidal wave.

Every day, wake up and say to yourself, this little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine.

Half of what you have belongs to those who need it. If you're successful, make the people around you successful.

Generosity leads to joy. It's simple and it's guaranteed.

I learned early that my meaning had to be from the experience of making the film and the possibility of connecting with individuals, rather than the foremost trophies in my industry — financial and critical success.

There will be times when your best is not enough. There can be many reasons for this, but as long as you give your best, you'll be okay.