A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.

I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?

Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water.

It's been an incredible odyssey to make the journey from a vibrantly healthy person to someone with a chronic illness.

Happiness is the best cosmetic.

I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow and in my eyes.

My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able to keep my sense of humor.

In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities.

I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you'll be seeing me in public service announcements and public appearances supporting the campaign.

Everyone who has sarcoidosis is affected differently.

I try to manage my time to conserve energy.

Man, made after God's image, was a nobler creation than twinkling sparks in the sky, or than the larger and more useful lamp of the moon.

There is nobody more terrible than the desperate.

For a few political turncoats there is real excuse. One can hardly blame those whom one ministry have seen fit to throw overboard for having the strength to swim to the other side.

Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for what it is, and move to transform it.

A plant needs roots in order to grow. With man it is the other way around: only when he grows does he have roots and feels at home in the world.

A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to death by scorpions.

motivation is highest when the probability of success is 50 percent: We don't get involved if the task is too easy or too hard.

A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.

Committing yourself to one person is sacred.

A Western would be good. I'd love to do a Western.