Fear is just like mist. Don’t let it disorient you from living outside God's palm. Acknowledge it, then take any one step in any one direction... and repeat.

The heart of a person only beats when it's surrounded by blood, by family.

If your blade were as sharp as your tongue, you'd have sliced my through years ago.

Unfortunately we treat others as we treat ourselves. We should try being genuinely kind to ourselves and the rest will come naturally, like a Platinum Rule.

My cup was already brimming before I met him —after it runneth over.

If your blade were as sharp as your tongue, you'd have sliced me through years ago.

My acupuncturist once told me that it doesn't have to hurt to work. She might have meant the needles, but I think she really meant love.

Perhaps gratitude and love are one and the same.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

Success is the result of actions. Stop wishing and start doing.

Like completing a run, living today begins with preparation, planning, and prayer.

Every sacrifice I make is for the good of my Clan—and for the other Clans around the lake. Even if that means sacrificing myself.

You will live wisely if you are happy in your lot.

Calumny spreads like an oil-spot: we endeavor to cleanse it, but the mark remains.

[On yoga] Once you've completed a wonderful class, you get a sense of the deepest, purest part of yourself. You feel like you are connected to everybody else in the world.

Kind words cost you nothing but are sometimes worth more than a million dollars.

It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment. I do not know any painters in Paris who are really searching for this ideal world.

All I do and say and think 'as a poet' is much truer and more intimate than anything I say face to face.