I hope this is the lesson we women really commit to memory - we learned that it doesn't work to try be someone other than who you really are.

I know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.

If you're interested in the door to the heavens opening, start with the door to your own secret self.

What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.

Grief is an expression that you loved well.

When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.

One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.

In the true spirit of the holidays, let the darkness of your moods lead you back up to the light, and when New Year's rolls around, your resolution will be tinged with new authenticity and power.

When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.

I think that life is a friggin' magic carpet ride - it's amazing. Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical.

Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry--I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.

What a difference! Under the esthetic sky, everything is buoyant, beautiful, transient! when ethics arrives on the scene, everything becomes harsh, angular and infinitely boring

When I want to check out how my lifes been, I go through my albums. They steps in my life.

You can't just replace someone with a regular-looking guy who didn't say any of the lines.

These days, people spent too much time striving to understand their feelings - and then ended up with none that were genuine.

Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'

As I get older, personal happiness is all about love. It's all about love.

I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.

Truth gives no advantage. It gives no higher status, no power over others; all you get is truth and freedom from the false.

There are silver ships There are gold ships, But there are no ships Like friendships.