I've come to believe that seeking happiness is not a frivolous pursuit. It's honorable and necessary. And most people forget even to thing about it.

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.

Ditzy dumb blonde? I can be ditzy. I can be.

You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.

There are three words I like to repeat to myself: glass half full. Just to remind myself to be grateful for everything I have.

We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy

We need to have empathy. When we lose empathy, we lose our humanity.

At 11 years old I made a very definitive decision. And my decision was that I wanted to be happy.

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?

Truth and facts are woven together. However, sometimes facts can blind you from seeing what is actually going on in someone’s life.

If one is fooled by magic, then isn't the magic as good as real?

Psychologists really aim to be scientists, white-coat stuff, with elaborate statistics, running experiments.

I don't consider 41 being in prime of life. Even if I conceived a child tomorrow I'd be 52 by the time it was 10. I'm not sure I'd have the energy, and I find that quite scary.

You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelona's - you want to play those teams.

The Republicans would like to take us back to a darker time, when corporations ruled and the underserved had no rights.

isn't so astonishing, the number of things that I can remember, as the number of things I can remember that aren't so.

She's my comforter and friend, I tell you she's that peace within. She's the lover in my home, she's the strength when I'm not strong. Everyday my valentine, I'm so glad heave made her mine.

Smaller stuff tends to get shared more frequently.

Wilt thou whip thine own faults in other men?