In life, when stuff happens the instinct is to close off your heart. By leaving your heart open, it leaves room for someone else to come in.

Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.

I danced with the London Festival at Covent Garden. I'm a ballerina by trade; I'm a ballerina who sings by the way.

Live each day the fullest you can, not guaranteeing therell be a tomorrow, not dwelling endlessly on yesterday.

You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life - so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself.

If your heart is open it can never stay broken.

People say women shouldn't have long hair over a certain age, but I've never done what everyone says.

You cannot do everything at once, so find people you trust to help you. And don't be afraid to say no.

I know that the purpose of life is to understand and be in the present moment with the people you love. It's just that simple.

My Open Hearts Family celebrates not only the traditional family but also extended families that we create from the people we open our hearts to as we journey through life.

The best gift you can give someone is a part of your soul.

You can't reach a mountain top without friends to help you get there.

It's nothing serious, " he said. "It's just an obsession.

Man is certain of nothing but his ability to fail. It is the deepest faith we have, and the unbeliever- the blasphemer, the dissenter- will stimulate in us the most righteous of furies.

Love is blind friendship closes its eyes.

By the end of high school I was not of course an educated man, but I knew how to try to become one

I think the deepest belief I have . . . is that love really is the answer to all problems.

If only Jesus' followers shared his personality. That one shift alone would correct so many of the ridiculous and horrifying things that pass for popular Christianity.

Never say 'I could have done that,' because you didn't.

Of all human lamentations, without doubt, the most common is if only I had known. But we can't know, and so days of death and fire so often begin no differently than those of love and warmth.