I've learned that in order to be an efficacious woman with any sort of spiritual power, I first have to love my body.

While I do believe we are loved even when we do not make the sacrifices we could make, I think part of this life is learning to love what we are capable of.

When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.

If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy.

As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.

I like to write about certain things that if they are not written about are not going to exist.

It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.

If some of this art is not for you, that's fine. Art appreciation is a subjective matter, and we each bring our own experience, knowledge and taste to the party.

The most joyous painting is not done for the art world, it is done for the inner world.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.

They say I'm greedy, but I still want more, cause my eyes want to journey.