The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion.

The reality is, we can change. We can change ourselves. We can change our minds. We can change our hearts. And therefore the universe changes.

I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.

Always walk towards open doors. And if they slam shut in your face, kick that sucker in and keep going.

I can’t remember that I was ever looking for anything. I was waiting for something to touch me. It’s like, I’ll be open to it, and see if it moves me. There has to be a "falling in love" moment.

In saving Tibet, you save the possibility that we are all brothers, sisters.

Everyone responds to kindness.

There are times when telling lies are not a bad thing. It can be a compassionate thing. But to make it benign, you have to be aware of your compassionate reasons for telling that lie.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

Do what you can while you can.

If it takes a little myth and ritual to get us through a night that seems endless, who among us cannot sympathize and understand?

A father is as much a verb as a mother.

I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.

I am a storyteller and a researcher, and I'm sorry the world has a hard time straddling the tension of those two things, but that's who I am.

Our prayers must not be efforts to bend God to our will but to yield ourselves to His.

You've got to stay humble and hungry. Just keep working and thank God you have a chance to play in the NBA.

They say you should never eat before you go to bed, but I've found just having a tiny little snack - like half an apple or something like that - before you go to sleep really helps.

Well, I hate to be the one to take the flyswatter to Tinker Bell, but...

It's difficult to exist as a woman, especially I think as a powerful woman. You want to stand strong and you want to be considered and equal.