Helping others without any expectation and without gain is just as much a gift to yourself as it is to the person you give to.

We are the masters of our reality.

What's truly important--and what I find myself forgetting and having to relearn--is that right here, right now, I am free. Free to be myself and to express myself.

To me, the haircut represented beauty and strength, that I was a woman who would live her life without the boundaries imposed upon her by other people.

You have to nourish your creativity for it to flourish...

Where you come from, what you look like, and what your past holds do not define you as an individual--you are what you make yourself to be.

If I wanted to be free of this unrequited longing, I would have to make peace with the past and finally let go. There was no way around it. But did I want to be free of it - and him?

Fear, ignorance, and hatred - these are the trinity of malice.

But then, he thought, most politicians are small and shabby, the sort of people who have been bullied at school. That's why they become politicians.

If you really want to be successful in the business, you have to make that your priority, above family and everything else. It takes up every minute of your life.

Sometimes people need to be told to sit down and shut up.

Search until you find a passion and go all out to excel in its expression.

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them

In spirituality, when we say growth, we are talking about becoming smaller; not just smaller - non-existent.

I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world.

Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.

Patient and regular practice is the whole secret of spiritual realization. Do not be in a hurry in spiritual life. Do your utmost, and leave the rest to God.