I am a believer in change peu a' peu (little by little) since drastic changes, including lots of changes made all at once, are often the sort of modifications that don't stick.

In #‎ France we have a saying, 'Joie de Vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at your life as something that is to be taken with great pleasure and enjoy it.

Intelligence, knowledge or experience are important and might get you a job, but strong communication skills are what will get you promoted.

Taking care of your mental and physical health is just as important as any career move or responsibility.

In America, you look at food as bad and guilty. In France, we love food and we enjoy food; food is pleasure.

I would advocate that chocolate be covered by health insurance, but that is admittedly a very French public policy perspective.

In the U.S., too many yogurts are filled with corn syrup, preservatives, artificial this and that. To me, this is poison.

French women love bread and would never consider a life without carbs.

Once you have to start counting calories, it takes away from the joy of eating.

French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat.

When I grew up in France, I was a normal size. And then I came to the United States and I gained 20 pounds.

I just know there's no way to live without pain - no matter how long or short your life is. People let you down. You get hurt and do damage in return.

I’m alone, stumbling through the city in the dark, trying not to let the night freeze my blood.

Don't settle for being an option

The Church of England is the Tory party at prayer.

My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.

It is personal. That's what an education does. It makes the world personal.

Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon.

We must fight against negativeness - especially bureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness.

Do not be afraid! Our Father is patient, he loves us, he gives us Jesus to guide us on the way which leads to the promised land. Jesus is the light who brightens the darkness. He is our peace.

A successful tree pose probably won't change your life. Learning how to keep your breath easy, long, and deep no matter what the circumstance? That absolutely will.