I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.

Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.

Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes, she's great, but.

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.

I can be a better me than anyone can.

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.

Every child born into the world has a divine mission to fulfill.As the child grows into adulthood, he or she must act to fulfill the divine mission.

Meditation is a secular practice, not a religious practice.

We have to become saints. We have to become like Christ. Anything less is simply not enough.

I spent my whole adolescence, when you just want to be accepted, looking much younger than everyone else.

I'm not wild about holidays. They always seem a ludicrously expensive way of proving there's no place like home.

Singing is as much the language of holy joy as praying is of holy desire.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.

We can live as we were meant to live - simply, joyously, of and on the earth. We can live with all our effort and with pure happiness.

Of course, we're all a mass of contradictions.