So many things happen for every event, and if you try to manipulate it, it means you are struggling against the whole universe, and that's just silly.

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.

I suppose that we women are such cowards that we think a man will save us from fears, and we marry him.

Education costs an arm and a leg, but ignorance costs you your mind and your soul.

The road from ‘here’ to ‘there’ is a map yet to be written with the pen I hold in my hand.

There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.

I am too much in love with my lies and hypocrisies not to confess them fervently.

There must have been good grounds for belief in witchcraft; otherwise Parliament would not have legislated against it.

When I was four, I started taking lessons from my mom. That's pretty much how I started.

It is impossible for any woman to love her children twenty-four hours a day.

The challenge that climate change presents to us, both in Australia and around the world, won't be solved by ramping up the nuclear industry.

I'm in my best shape when I'm really anxious, because I have to get to the gym. Physically I'm in the best shape.