Is a tree any less beautiful because it has lost a limb?

Freedom can be an acquired taste for those who have never savored it.

Unless you break free from the shackles of beauty as dictated by the media and society, true beauty will be elusive.

History and beauty lie in the baroque wrinkles of old cathedrals. mosques, synagogues, temples and faces whose stories are told without a single word.

The candy colored coral snake.The iridescent blue-ringed octopus.Décolletage.Beware of conspicuous beauty.Its venom can be deadly.

She walks in beauty.I am trampled by it.She swims in beauty.I drown in it.

Roll in the snow.Shower in the rain.Bask in the sun.Weatherproof your soul.

Hard and dry, a chickpea is inedible.Hard and dry, a heart is unlovable.Presoak it in dance, music and art.

Beholdthe azure sea in front of you, the turquoise sky above you, the amber mountain beneath your feet, and the golden daisy in your hands.How are you not the richest person on earth?

Start a rumor aboutpeace taking over, love being the new black, and compassion going viral.

If you lock the door on sorrow, how will it leave your heart?

Don’t be afraid of criticism

THE LIGHT THAT NOW REFLECTS FROM WITHIN YOU RADIATES PURITY AND HOLINESS, WHICH CAUSES US TO BECOME A LIGHT TO THE WORLD.

The mind is a lifelong consolidation of experiences and inner dialogue that was invented by self-perception - our ego.

Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.

Winners are different. They're a different breed of cat.

You need to be, like, turning down high-paying illustration work because you want to work on your comic. That's when you know you're doing something good.

You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can wind up focusing on misleading factors.

My daughter has always had a strong sense of her own identity. From the day she was born her father and I were in love with and in awe of her and still are.

You are not going to know the meaning of God or prayer unless you reduce yourself to a cipher.

We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation.