To give, and not demand that others receive . . . that is the crossover point to maturity. . .

The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.

All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those around us.

We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

Religion is one of the safest places to hide from God.

The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines.

God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes.

Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world.

There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.

You come to God not by being strong, but by being weak; not by being right, but through your mistakes.

... telling herself stories about herself in a singsong voice, creating her own mythology.

I wasn't good enough. I had a little talent but not enough. There is nothing more discouraging than having just a little talent.

When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we treat our fellow creatures.

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published

I'm a woman and I'm a backbone...everybody needs one.

Don't focus on the good old days, look forward towards the good new days.

Only a genius can play a fool.

But I always communicate with the audience. I never pretend like I'm just in my bedroom making a track. The whole point of doing a gig is, like, a feedback thing between you and the audience.

The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.

Every generation tries to put its doctrine on a high shelf where the children can not reach it.