Self-defense is not just a set of techniques; it’s a state of mind, and it begins with the belief that you are worth defending.

In life, nothing happens to you. It happens for you.

There is nothing more beautiful than a vulnerable heart in open hands.

There are two types of 'busy': 1)Constantly distracting yourself from what is true. 2) Constantly working to create something real.

There are some things in this world that can be done over, and some that can't. And time passing is one thing that can't be undone. Come this far, and you can't go back.

Give your decision never your reasons your decisions may be right your reasons are sure to be wrong.

I can often tell when drawings are done from photographs, because you can tell what they miss out, what the camera misses out: usually weight and volume - there's a flatness to them.

I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.

I need the reality of other people, work, to fulfill myself. Must never become a mere mother and housewife.

To love is nothing. To be loved is something. But to love and be loved, that's everything.

You would have imagined her at one moment a maniac, at another a queen.