Calmness is a huge gift. And once you master it, you will be able to respond in a useful way to every difficult situation that decides to walk into your heart.

When I finally learned to let go of having to totally control everything around me and let my life unfold, I was stunned by the results. How could I have ever thought I could outsmart the Universe?

What to do with the past? There was so much of it.

I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it.

When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.

We never know who they are that God will draw, and have nothing to do with it. Our duty is to invite all, and leave it to God to choose the vessels of mercy.

Premature ideas do not exist, one must bide one's time until the right moment comes along.

To be an American is to be part of the world because America, all the people of the world come to America.

Every era in history has needed, and will need, reproductive health services.

I got saved by poetry. And I got saved by the beauty of the world.

It's so surreal being here.

All men are equal in nature, and also in original sin. It is in the merits and demerits of their actions that they differ.