Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

If you observe nature daily, it brings harmony with you and God.

...when I think of you it's with tears, because no one else has such delicate hands that can reach into my soul and calm my fears...

The expectation of an unpleasantness is more terrible than the thing itself.

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

Mysticism is an eclectic mixture of various forms of self-discovery that's primarily experimental.

You know how great villains just believe in what they're doing? In their minds they're not villains, they're not doing anything wrong; they're just self-righteous in their dedication to their cause.

Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera.

Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.

I tried therapy. This had never appealed to me. For me, it was a bit like a Chinese meal: very filling at the time, but then an hour later you're hungry again.

I feel like R&B is really based off of emotion and truth. R&B is a conversation.