Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.

Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.

Until we become clear about our own worth and value, we will forever be searching for it in the eyes of others.

The way to encourage people to be accountable is to engage the responsible, accountable, trustworthy part of their brain.

When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.

Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.

As long as we define stress as how some person or situation is making us feel, we will have to change the world around us to find peace of mind.

Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.

Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.

I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.

Do I dream you? Or you dream me? Or does someone, something bigger than all' - her hands swept the vast constellations above them - 'this beauteous calamity, dream everything we see and more?

Progress is slow, it is uneven, it is fragile and in some parts of the world it is being erased.

I agree with Agassiz that dogs possess something very like conscience.

Ferrari never spoke to me again. He was a great man, I admit, but it was so very easy to upset him.

This gospel we have received is one of sacrifice, service and self-abnegation from beginning to end. That is what constitutes the straight and narrow way that leads to life eternal.

There is a power in people who dream big and who try hard.

A great city is a great solitude.

Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.

The ideal label for me would be this passive being with lots of money, but unfortunately it doesn't really work like that.