"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are."

"One day I looked at something in myself that I had been avoiding because it was too painful. Yet once I did, I had an unexpected surprise. Rather than self-hatred, I was flooded with compassion for myself because I realized the pain necessary to develop that coping mechanism to begin with."

"We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?"

"Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle."

"I'm just a true Irish boy at heart."

"It is a unyielding truth that a visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles."

"It is a profound truth that fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter."

"These are people who haven't gone through the legal means to becoming citizens like our forefathers did. They want all the benefits but none of the responsibilities."