My father was a doctor, an army cardiologist.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Every minute doing one thing is a minute not doing something else. Every choice is another choice not made another path grown over lost.

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.

True friends are like diamonds. They shine for you even on the darkest days.

I’m pretty sure I’m the only author who intends to take the longest possible route to a destination that will always be over the next hill.

I love the idea of a woman being able to discover the idea of power this way, on such a scale. And I don't know about that, what it means - well, I guess I'd better, or my part's in trouble.

I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria.

Intuition is more than knowledge, and truth comes pure from the heart.

I'm glad I've learned what I've learned when I learned it.

I am not a huge fan of the one-sided pining romances where the guy is a perfect love-object because we don't see inside his head.

This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature.