But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.

Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.

That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.

I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.

Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.

We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.

... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.

Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.

I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.

That's the artist's job, really: continually setting yourself free, and giving yourself new options and new ways of thinking about things.

A mind that establishes indifference is the mind that builds failure.

The road to happiness starts with a deep breath and an awareness of the many blessings tied to that single breath.

Compassion for myself is the most powerful healer of them all.

I rarely do things based on what everybody else is doing; I never have.

For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.

Prejudice and bigotry are brought down...by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice define the parameters of the possible.

Palaeontologists cannot live by uniformitarianism alone. This may be termed the Phenomenon of the Fallibility of the Fossil Record.

No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.

The end of my addiction to fame happened at the exact moment Roseanne dropped out of the top ten, in the seventh of our nine seasons. It was mysteriously instantaneous!

It's time to respect the treaties our ancestors signed and care for our land, water, and cultures so that they remain healthy for our future generations.