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Don't choose anything that will jeopardize your soul. Prioritize who you are, who you want to be, and don't spend time with anything that antagonizes your character. Don't drink the Kool-Aid — it tastes sweet today but it will give you cavities tomorrow.

The first step that leads to our identity in life is usually not 'I know who I am.' It's 'I know who I am not.' Process of elimination.

Always ask the turtle.

Laughter is the most revolutionary emotion because it is free. It is the only emotion that is free. Fear can be compelled. Even love can be compelled. But laughter is an 'aha' of understanding — it's an orgasm of the mind.

We are linked, we are not ranked. We are linked with each other, we are linked with nature. And the paradigm becomes a circle, not a pyramid.

It's time to say goodbye to the person we've become, we've worked so hard to perfect, and to make some decisions about who we're going to be.

From now on, you will be your own teacher, your own guide, your own critic. From now on, you fill out your own report card. Be an easy grader. Score yourself on a curve.

Get ready for my generation to tell you everything that can't be done. They should know — they can't be done. After all, we're the ones who didn't do them.

When it comes to the arts, passion should always trump common sense. You aren't just following dreams, you're reaching for your destiny.

Rejection might sting, but my feeling is that it often has very little to do with you.

Don't be afraid to fail. If you don't go, you'll never know. You just have to be bold and go out there and take your chances.

The opposite of love isn't hate. It isn't even indifference. It's fear.