America comes from a flawed but wonderful idea. Many great things have sprung forth over the past few hundred years but there were deep issues in the beginning that now are starting to show up.

We are stronger than we think we are. We have courage that we do not recognize until we need it. We are equal to challenges that we haven't even imagined yet

The world over, give a guy money and it goes to drinking, gambling, and women. When you give a woman money, it goes to feeding, clothing, helping people.

There are so many people in the communities in need and so many organizations in need. People are doing amazing, beautiful things just to keep the world from not hurting more today than yesterday.

It didn't matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.

In some ways, it's easier to settle for someone else's version of success than to risk falling short at one's own.

What we have is a crisis of imagination. Albert Einstein said that you cannot solve a problem with the same mind-set that created it.

I do think men fear female intuition.

I think influence is one way to exercise power and that the challenge is whether it is power over or power with. That's the essential shift that I hope can happen in the world.

Patriarchy is connected to greed, a symptom of a larger force that can only be dispelled through kindness and love. It's basic Buddhism.

It's too bad that it takes egregious behavior or some kind of crisis to get people to take notice and get clearer about things that were just below the surface.

The wise warrior avoids the battle.

If you're handed sour grapestake off your shoes and start dancing

I’ve never quite understood why the knuckleheads of the planet so outnumber the rest of us.

I'm working on the future, instead of being caught up in where I am today. - Roy Daniels

An ounce of joy is the equivalent of a ton of happiness.

In the face of anger, the best response is a burst of tenderness.

We do not live by justice, but by grace.

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.

.. the Grand Ole Opry used to come on, and I used to watch that. They used to have some pretty heavy cats, heavy guitar players

Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs?