They have taken the idea of nonharming, of gentleness toward the earth, to a very radical level. Even the weeds are not enemies.

Often I'll go outside and just place my hands on the soil, even if there's no work to do on it. When I am filled with worries, I do that and I can feel the energy of the mountains and of the trees.

Time is what we have in this life, and how we use it determines what our life is.

I think all people want freedom, but they've got this idea inserted into their head about money.

Why is it that so many people start to value money so much that they trade in most of the hours and years of their life in order to get it?

I thought I should make a place to bring light down into this world. All things that become realities start in that place of someone imagining them.

If you don't have a whole lot of unsatisfied people, the economy stops dead, doesn't it?

My goal is to draw a line with some 'flavor' to it.

I finally understood that I couldn’t avoid working to provide for myself, but that can also be a wonderfulthing, a beautiful thing.

Charlie waves me on, then leans an elbow on his chair. Propping his head up with a finger by his te

Life is a one shot deal, it is entirely up to you what you do with it. Me? I intend to make it the best I can, for as long as I can.

Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.

I cried over beautiful things, knowing no beautiful thing lasts.

Poor white people and poor black people just don't know how much they have in common. Rich people don't give a damn about either group.

...just because I don't have on a silly black costume and carry a silly broom and wear a silly black hat, doesn't mean that I'm not a witch. I'm a witch all the time and not just on Halloween.

...one cannot actively help a woman to give birth. The goal is to avoid disturbing her unnecsessarily.

I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.

The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.

The Centers for Disease Control says that men's violence against women is at epidemic proportions.