It takes a tremen­dous act of courage to admit to your­self that you are not defec­tive in any way what­so­ever.

Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear.

If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago.

Feeling bad is not a requirement; it’s something we agree to. Cut it loose!

You have been taught that there is something wrong with you and that you are imperfect, but there isn't and you're not.

Do something you fear, NOT to conquer the fear, NOT to accomplish a task, but to familiarize yourself with the processes with which fear protects itself, to demystify it.

Nonacceptance is always suffering, no matter what you are not accepting. Acceptance is always freedom, no matter what you are accepting.

Your definition of who you are is your prison. You can set yourself free at any time.

The voice inside your head is not the voice of god. It just sounds like it thinks it is.

Be just the way you have always been, with this difference: do not believe any of it, and pay close attention to all of it.

It doesn't matter what did or did not happen then. It only matters what happens NOW.

It considered trying to explain their error to them, but what would be the use? They would only go away with hurt feelings. You can't always expect people, or squirrels, to be rational.

Porches could be cleaned with a broom in a few minutes, but the soul could not be swept. It had to be shaken. And shaking the loess from a soul took a lifetime and more strength than most people had.

ANDAKI: EFFORT IS NOT EFFORT WITHOUT ZAMAN, MAKAN, IKHWAN (RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT PEOPLE).

The fact that maybe I had some success playing G'Kar doesn't guarantee me three years later that I can still do it, so I have to keep my senses alive and still be working on it.

To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.

The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that.

They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens.

As an actress, I really love people like Anna Magnani and Debra Winger. I also think there is nobody better than Meryl Streep.

I don't believe in taking right decisions.

Rich people are committed to enough to do whatever it takes. Period.