I want you to write down your blessings.

I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.

My mother's gifts of courage to me were both large and small. The latter are woven so subtly into the fabric of my psyche that I can hardly distinguish where she stops and I begin.

She said, 'No, you learned that you have power - power and determination. I love you and I am proud of you. With those two things, you can go anywhere and everywhere.

Go, " she whispered. "Go. Show them you spell your name W-O-M-A-N.

They may have forgotten how badly they treated you, or they may pretend that they have forgotten. But watch: They will come back to you.

Trust your brain to suggest a solution, then have the courage to follow through.

It is God’s omnipotence, His consuming holiness, and His right to judge that make Him worthy to be feared.

Through violence you may murder the hater, but you cannot murder hate.

In an economic recession, naturally, when you ask people to list their priorities, they're going to place a higher priority on the immediate economic situation.

Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do.

Play Mozart in memory of me - and I will hear you.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

The answer to most questions can be given in one or two words, and no one will challenge you to go deeper.

After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.

I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear.

Whoever would be wise should read the Proverbs; whoever would be holy should read the Psalms.