I'm a girl who always looks at toilets and thinks Wow, how do we waste that much water when there are people who don't even have water?

The more I give, the more I get.

The more I am able to deeply love and accept my flaws and imperfections, the more I am able to do that with my fellows.

Create the space and a bigger life happens

I'm not a fruity girl. I don't like licorice. I'm chocolate all the way.

We must help each other to be present and compassionate. Remember that we have no idea what the person next to us is going through; compassion is the only choice.

Clearly, I'm committed to women's issues and stories and promoting gender equality. I have two incredible role models in Jenji [Kohan] and Shonda [Rhimes].

Be here now. It keeps us in a place of love, not fear.

I have to say I'm very good on a bike. Maybe the last time I was 5 years old.

The more I have deep love and compassion for my earth and my fellows, the more love and compassion I have for myself, and vice versa.

I haven't ridden a bike in a while because I'm so scared I'll get hit and die.

Don't you think a dream would feel shy if it were seen walking about in the waking world?

Be memorable. Be outstanding.

The simple faith in progress is not a conviction belonging to strength but one belonging to acquiescence and hence to weakness.

When I was 13, I opened my own business called The Awesome Pretzel Company, and my dad helped me build a pretzel cart.

What you have been obliged to discover by yourself leaves a path in your mind which you can use again when the need arises.

No one is going to stick their head out of the trenches for someone they don't respect or trust. You can get shot doing that.

When I write, I make my memories tangible, and in this way I can get rid of them.

Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.

What if I don’t like adventure? Then cultivate a taste for it. Take a chance. That’s how you grow.

It is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.