Make yourself smell nice. I even wear perfume sometimes when I'm alone.

I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.

Sometimes evolving doesn't mean transforming; sometimes it just means owning what is there.

Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.

Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

Books need to have their spines cracked, their covers opened, and their pages ruffled for them to come alive.

Pride is often used as a way to protect our hearts and to hide the truth. Pride causes us to shut down and build walls.

It is a common observation that those who dwell continually upon their expectations are apt to become oblivious to the requirements of their actual situation.

To the girls that gave me a hard time in high school. I want to say thank you. This is a victory for all the nerds out there.

It takes a lot to scare me.

The deluded mind is the mind affectively burdened by intellect. Thus, it cannot move without stopping and reflecting on itself. This obstructs its native fluidity.

I must honor those who fight of their own free will, he said to himself. And I must try to imitate their courage by following my path as a pacifist, wherever it takes me.

There are a great many things about architecture that are hidden from the untrained eye.

Almost anyone you talk to will say, 'I don't want to die plugged into machines.

A man's weaknesses may intrude on his faith but they do not diminish it.