I have found what I need most to heal a broken bond is time together—the very thing I avoid is the thing most desired.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.

the unexpected action of deep listening can create a space of transformation capable of shattering complacency and despair.

There are two important days in a woman's life: the day she is born and the day she finds out why.

A shadow is never created in darkness. It is born of light. We can be blind to it and blinded by it. Our shadow asks us to look at what we don’t want to see

Choosing with integrity means finding ways to speak up that honor your reality, the reality of others, and your willingness to meet in the center of that large field. It’s hard sometimes.

Most of all, differences of opinion are opportunities for learning.

What is evolution if not creative adaptation and the progression of our own souls?

Agitation gives birth to creation.

Water is nothing if not ingemination, an encore to the tenacity of life.

Word by word, the language of women so often begins with a whisper.

Writer's block is caused by forcing your will on the Divine.

Other vices make their own way; this makes way for all vices. He that is a drunkard is qualified for all vice.

Remember that the headline and the appeals are ONE AND THE SAME. In successful ads, the appeal is almost always expressed in the headline.

I didn't think I was the right person to do that job but I do think Michael Gove is and that's why I'm backing him.

Realize how good you really are.

I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.

It amazed me how some people could touch an instrument and create something so beautiful, and when others tried, like me, it just sounded like mangled noise.

If truth is a value it is because it is true and not because it is brave to speak it.

Virtue is presupposed in friendship.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.