How we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth.

I have fallen in love with the imagination. And if you fall in love with the imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere, and it can do anything.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.

I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

I may not give you as much love as you want, but I will give you as much as I have.

On the way toward success, obstacles are the barrier to build the power of the mind.

I remembered Patel’s words, “Surrender is not giving up, it is worship.” “Show me how to step, ” I said, “so that it pleases you. Make me one with you and also this land. Be with me.

I am not an expert in this field but I do try to keep up to date with the Bundesliga. And I do follow World Cups and European Championships more closely.

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.

By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others.

There is no need to accept the standards of the world at large.

When you know your reason for existence, it should effect the decisions you make.

Children need nature for the healthy development of their senses, and therefore, for learning and creativity.

You have to make a decision. You have to believe. Once you start doubting, you change your brain chemistry and you're done.