I'm not a health freak. I just work out every day.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.

Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

I always liked to take the plunge, you know, I'd jump in at the deep end and hope that I'd find land somehow, or hope I'd float or survive. That's more or less the way I've gone through my life.

You're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling?

Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.

The only thing Native Americans ever did better than the rest of us is spirituality. Of course, that's everything, isn't it?

Being excited about what we do every day and sharing our gifts with the world is how we cultivate joy and energy.

The duty to be alive is the same as the duty to become oneself, to develop into the individual one potentially is.

Right before I jumped out of a plane, I knew what Superman felt like.

As a profoundly deaf woman, my experiences have shown me that the impossible is indeed possible!

People tend to eat through the cello. They tend to take out the things that make it beautifully cello-y sometimes.

You cannot force me to make my wishes now" She squared her shoulders and looked at him. "I've read texts.