“Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is the true prosperity.”

– Eckhart Tolle

“It’s important that we remember [transgender] people that may have been forgotten in their lives — that we don’t let them go.”

-- Gwendolyn Ann Smith, Founder, Transgender Day of Remembrance

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"There is more to life than increasing its speed."

- Mahatma Gandhi

“I forgot what we were celebrating. Because we were always celebrating something, a new job, a new poem, a new love, a new dream.”

- Audre Lorde

“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.”

- Brene Brown

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Conversations on racism should never be about winning.”

― Ijeoma Oluo

“A world full of empowered women isn’t one where men are marginalized. It’s a world where everyone thrives.”

- Purnima Mane

“Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual

curiosity, and never stop learning.”

- GZA

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept & celebrate those differences.”

- Audre Lorde

“Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.” 

- Barack Obama

“Unconscious perceptions govern many of the most important decisions we make and have a profound effect on the lives of many people in many ways… Unconscious patterns play out in ways that are so subtle they are hard to spot.”

– Howard Ross

“It is so important to showcase people with disabilities with intersectional identities because that allows viewers to see beyond disability… People with disabilities are multilayered—we are complex breathing human beings defined by more than just what we lack.”

– Lauren Ridloff

I have spent my years since Princeton, while at law school and in my various professional jobs, not feeling completely a part of the worlds I inhabit. I am always looking over my shoulder wondering if I measure up.

- Sonia Sotomayor

“To know that you can navigate the wilderness on your own--to know that you can stay true to your beliefs, trust yourself, and survive it--that is true belonging.”

- Brene Brown

“Resist when the world tries to convince you otherwise.”

― Nic Stone

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

– James Baldwin

“When we’re talking about diversity, it’s not a box to check. It is a reality that should be deeply felt and held and valued by all of us.”

– Ava DuVernay

“Diversity is being invited to the party;inclusion is being asked to dance.”

- Vernā Myers