Being inundated with constant "bad" news from the media doesn't help.

In life, when you start to fall, you don't have to go crazy, scolding yourself and further throwing yourself off balance. Instead, simply make adjustments.

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest as a young girl, whenever I felt emotionally overwhelmed, I would take a walk in the woods. Being in the stillness and grandeur of trees had always calmed me.

It feels good to rail against what is wrong in the world, to fight the good fight, to beat the drum of making a difference. I am right there with you.

"Balance" as a verb doesn't mean "stillness," but the constant act of making minor corrections from one side to another to bring one towards a center of stability.

I make the necessary "corrections" if I find myself leaning too far in one direction.

The mind and heart is the field upon which war is waged within us. If we can stop that internal fear-based battle, then those outside of us will be affected as well.

There is a polarizing and dualistic experience occurring politically and economically in the world, and I believe we are near the peak of a cyclical and truly chaotic time.

Nine times out of ten it's a minor shift in your focus and your attitude that makes the difference.

I have recently decided that there is no place in my head or my heart for fear anymore.

It is a crucial time to be mindful of our thoughts.

Imagine life as ... black can become white, and white can become black. But white can remain if you show love and respect.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

Memories are the best things in life, I think.

I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.

After 13 years of life on the half shell in Hollywood, I have made a trip where I wasn't a tourist.

There is no risk factor at all, the odds don't matter at all, because the odds of Law of Attraction are 100%.

A translation is no translation unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it.

Muse, time has taught me that all metaphysical systems, even historical facts given as truths, are hardly that, so I amuse myself with more agreeable lies; I no longer read anything but novels.

She heard the very beginning of a smile in his voice--a fetal smile--and it very nearly killed her.