A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

Dear Lord, please show me everything I need to understand about forgiveness and surrender

There's no point in making a plan because somehow it always manages to fall apart.

The beauty of progress is that it never fails to add a new positive meaning to one's life.

It is an unnecessary burden to make negative judgmental assumptions about others. We are all on a journey.

If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed.

To keep my back from getting stiff, I have a strict regime every morning of stretching and do yoga once a week and Pilates. 'Strictly Come Dancing' in 2008 was great for my fitness.

Fashion is entertainment. That's why these top models are so fascinating to kids. They're dying to know about Naomi and Christy, or whoever we've declared the new one this afternoon.

Diversity for the sake of diversity is not an accomplishment or a step forward. It's what you bring to the table.

There is no shame in black beauty.

Art when inspired with love leads to higher realms, and that art will open for you the inner life.