Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious right-we can put up with transgendered human beings.

I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18.

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.

I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

Moments of pure happiness...come upon you unexpectedly. Don't be too preoccupied to experience them.

Everything is transient. Everything is constantly changing. The only thing we have is now.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

Don't be absent from your own life.

I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

The air was calm and insects had not yet risen off the water, that crisp time of morning before the sun strikes, when it is still cool enough to work out solutions to sticky problems.

I will not know that day has come because I will not stop trying.

There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

Your weaknesses will never develop, while your strengths will develop infinitely.

I could not imagine that we should make much of an effort to preserve remainders of natural beauty in conquered Poland.

Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free!!

God's word is : He who strives never perishes.

You're looking for help from God, you say he couldn't be found. Looking up to the sky and searchin' beneath the ground.

I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people.

What is most important almost always involves the people around us.