Seeing yourself with the eyes of love makes it natural to see the Divine Spirit in everyone you meet.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

The strength of the spirit is measured by sufferings.

Today I'll fix the mistakes I madeyesterday and tomorrow I'll fix themistakes I made today

You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't.

I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

One of the biggest changes for me on a practical level of shooting the film was having a second unit.

If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth.

We have at most ten years—not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions.

I guess there was a war going on somewhere in the world that night but it wasn't one that could touch us.

I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive. I can only change how they live, not how they think.

The Republican Party and the conservative movement cannot unify around a single proposition, and the Democrats easily do. They have total contempt for us.