Aren’t you tired of shutting up? Aren’t you sick of choking down your truth? Aren’t you over nodding yes when you mean no? Then stop—shutting and choking and nodding. You have not come this far to stay silent. You have not endured so much to give up now. You have not awakened just to go back to sleep. Right now is the time to announce yourself. Who are you? What do we need to know? Only you make claim to who you are. Only you decide what’s right, and not, for you. Only you choose how you want to shine. You—only you—get to create your singular life.

— Scott Stabile

As much as I love to see the sun setting behind a city skyline, and to feel the pure majesty of a wild river or soaring mountain, and to fade, then disappear into a transcendent book, song or film, I am always most astounded, moved and transported by the warmth and kindness of a loving person. Always.

— Scott Stabile

At last, he understood that he has always been forgiven and worthy of love, and that no one could take that from him, that not even he could take that from himself.

— Scott Stabile

A wish... that we may, each of us, with utter regularity, melt into the truth of our inescapable beauty.

— Scott Stabile

Be a person who gives a shit about other people.

— Scott Stabile

Become more committed to seeing what's right about you than you are seeing what's wrong, and soon you'll start to feel a lot different about yourself.

— Scott Stabile

Be free, my friend. Cry, scream, rage, collapse. Your pain is not too much for us. And though it’s hard to believe right now, your pain is not too much for you, either. Fall apart into a thousand frightened pieces, question everything you’ve always trusted, grieve however you need to grieve. We’ll still be here. So will you. Yes, you will survive this. Changed but stronger. Wounded but alive. Seen, and loved. So very loved.

— Scott Stabile

Being right is massively overrated, especially when it comes at the expense of being compassionate and kind.

— Scott Stabile

Beneath the pain of your fears, wild and ready, lives your truth, the essence of your singular beauty, hoping, waiting for you to set it free.

— Scott Stabile

Beyond the hurt beyond the anger beyond the blame beyond the judgment beyond the expectation beyond all the noise there is just love. If you stop before you’ve made your way to love, then you haven’t gone far enough.

— Scott Stabile