I am not what I think I am. I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.

     (Aaron Bleiberg and Harry Leubling)

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

     (A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf)

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It's our light not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And, as we let our light shine we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

     (Nelson Mandela)