Eventually cancer becomes just another annoying thing that you deal with, you know, like cellulite.

Life has a much bigger plan for you. Happiness is part of that plan. Health is part of that plan. Stability is part of that plan. Constant struggle is not.

The only time you can change someone is when they are in diapers.

Make space in your life, space for health and happiness

Adversity is a call to action, and your freedom lies in taking the first step. Don't worry about the entire staircase, just take one step, and then tomorrow take another.

There's no need to wait for the bad things and bullshit to be over. Change now. Love now. Live now. Don't wait for people to give you permission to live, because they won't.

It’s not about finding your voice, it’s about giving yourself permission to use your voice.

Find your bliss and your joy, know that you are a white light disco ball with no ceilings and no limitations.

Your self-worth has nothing to do with your craft or calling, and everything to do with how you treat yourself.

Direct your mind where you want it to travel instead of always going for the ride.

What if your purpose is to take impeccable care of yourself so that you have the energy and joy to serve others?

Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I’ve said before, bugs in amber.

We have been told to ask about everything: Will it leave us free?

Many Christians have no understanding of God’s fatherhood

So many stars in the sky, each unique and full of destiny. I wanted more than anything to be part of those stars.I never realized becoming one would destroy me.

I might be a wicked girl who'd think nothing of eating a baby for breakfast, but I'd never allow myself to get expelled. It's far too public.

I had to fight my whole life to break out of my circumstances. That's just part of my makeup.

I tell children from all over the country that it's good to eat healthy and nothing to be ashamed about. They know me from the Subway commercials and can relate to what I'm saying.

The theory of the permanent revolution, in contradiction to the theory of socialism in one country, was recognized by the entire Bolshevik party during the period from 1917 to 1923.

If you're injecting fear into other people, then you're trying to kill their minds. You're trying to get them to stop thinking.

We just grew to trust each other [with Patti Smith] more and more over the years. Most of the time I didn't even have a movie camera.