Compliments are the helium that fills everyone's balloon; they elevate the person receiving them so he or she can fly over life's troubles and land safely on the other side.

I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet - each of us in our own way

Diseases can be our spiritual flat tires - disruptions in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way.

If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn.

One's attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.

You can't control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.

Love is giving with no expectations...Love cures, heals, and rewards two people: the lover and the beloved.

Love releases incredible energy that promotes the biochemistry of healing.

Your body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doing you a favor.

One cannot get through life without pain...What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us.

It's not about curing the disease, but healing the life; then the physical benefits come.

...light overcomes darkenss. A tiny match can illuminate the darkest room. As long as there is some light somewhere in the universe, [darkness] can be defeated.

Politics is the science of how who gets what when and why.

Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.

I don't know what takes more courage: surviving a lifelong endurance test because you once made a promise or breaking free, disrupting all your world.

This sounds an extraordinary statement to make, but in fact all truth is very ordinary.

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.

Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you can work with.

Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show!

It is our solemn duty, our precious privilege-even our sacred opportunity-to welcome to our homes and to our hearts the children who grace our lives.

Where others see but the dawn coming over the hill, I see the soul of God shouting for joy.