Take a leap of faith. You will either land somewhere new or learn to fly.

I read that when cats are cuddling and kneading you, and you think it's cute, they're really just checking your vitals for weak spots.

Singing in front of people. It's like having your heart beat outside of you.

I'm always preparing for a regular life.

Playing the ukulele and singing is a fantastic stress reliever. So is cleaning! Scrubbing away at the dirt helps clear my mind as well.

Celebrate yourself. Follow your passions and eccentricities, because they are yours alone. You are unique! If everyone did that, I'm pretty sure there would be world peace.

However you learn and whatever your circumstances, an education that prepares you for the world is every child's right.

Anything is possible - even the most far-fetched idea can come to being through a series of seemingly small decisions and actions.

I could never have dreamed the life I lead. Given where I started, it's remarkable to me the constant adventure that my life has become.

I find that if I've taken care of myself first, I can then be there fully for everyone else.

The quiet of the morning offers a perfect time to do a meditation and yoga practice. It also allows time to be creative or to contemplate before the business of the day.

Get out of your own way… stop the paralysis by analysis… decide what you want, create a simple plan, and get moving!

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting things he has got.

If, as some say, evil lies in the hearts and not the institutions of men, then there's hardly a distinction worth making between, say, Hitler's Germany and Rebecca's Sunnybrook Farm.

We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible

Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.

But for us to assume that God could not act in other ways is, I think, to put God in an awfully small box.

The greatest calling of all is to have a literary life.

Reach for the sky Keep your eye on the prize Forever in my mind Be my golden sunshine It's raining in your mind So push them clouds aside Forever by my side You're my golden sunshine

Never laughing too loudly in a restaurant no matter how good the joke.

Things may serve long, but not serve ever.