Marriage, like everything else in the world, is holy or unholy depending on the purpose the mind ascribes to it.

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

‎"Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.

Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place".

People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

No one is any more or any less important than you are.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

A person achieves enlightenment only through a purposeful engagement with life and by resolutely searching for truth and shedding artifices.

There is only one social responsibility of business - to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits without deception or fraud.

Greed lessens what is gathered.

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.

I've always loved musical theatre. I've always been a big kind of closeted musical theatre nerd. I really have always dreamed about being able to do musical theatre.

I'm someone who loves romance. I always have loved it. Most people who grew up as nerds, as I was, surprisingly, have loved romance.

As an artist, I feel more strongly than ever that my job on earth is to tell the stories of the invisibles, and women have been invisible on film for a long time.

In life your dreams may not come true, but sooner or later one of your nightmares will.

I believe that the death penalty is the ultimate deterrent to violent crime...period.