Always be open to new beginnings. To the universe, every moment is the start of the next big thing in your life.

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

‎"Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.

Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place".

People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

No one is any more or any less important than you are.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

When you get older you have to be careful about always saying, "Things aren't as good as they used to be." But it's hard not to.

She grinned at me. 'You got types?' 'Only you darling - lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.

You feel sadness for time passing. New York is a city that keeps reinventing itself, and I love it so much.

It will always hurt to be laughed at, snubbed, ignored or attacked by others. But I would remind you that the human personality grows through adversity, provided it is not crushed in the process.

I really love the experience of moving things around, in terms of being a director.

I'm just taking it one day at a time. Actually, that's a total lie. I always think about what's in front of me.

I was born black and female.

I just think we should look at this as a chess match," he said, "between the world's greatest chess player and Garry Kasparov.

Art is one of the sources through which the soul expresses itself and inspires others. But to express art thoroughly, one must have the inner emotions opened thoroughly.

I think there's a racial outcome to a lot of what goes in America, but I don't think race is always the reason.