I mean, time for me, I can make it go slow or fast, however I please. That's how I know it doesn't exist.

Breathing is meditation; life is a meditation. You have to breathe in order to live, so breathing is how you get in touch with the sacred space of your heart.

If I know what's true in my heart and my soul, then what people say can't shape that.

If you don't like me, if you like me; both are equally cool. I send love and positive energy to all those people in their lives. I hope they find where they're meant to be.

I want to embrace my full self, as natural as I can be.

The only thing that really matters is spreading love and light and acceptance and unity throughout the entire world in any way that you possibly can.

Caring less what everybody else thinks, but also caring less and less about what your own mind thinks, because what your own mind thinks, sometimes, is the thing that makes you sad.

There're no novels that I like to read so I write my own novels, and then I read them again, and it's the best thing.

Comparing yourself to somebody else is like comparing yourself to a bird.

Don’t be afraid to be yourself and don’t let anybody tell you that that’s wrong. Because the best thing is you.

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

Don't sell the warmer for an air conditioner just because its summer, for in winter, you will have to do the reverse.

That's one of those things about being a computer science major: Valentine's Day is just another day.

My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for the sweetness to linger. Sort of like chocolate, but without the calories.

Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.

In Africa, when an old man dies, it's a library burning.

Writing is a hard business...but nothing makes you feel better.

To be a mother is a magical experience. The whole body is transformed by this.

The ability to just sit there. That's being a person.

Each of us has a mission . . . each of us is called to change the world, to work for a culture of life, a culture forged by love and respect for the dignity of each human person.

Let us rise above the things that pass away. Up above, the air is so pure. Jesus can hide Himself but we will find Him there.