Shame is not your friend. It depletes your power. Let go of shame and embrace your magnificence.

How you react emotionally is a choice in any situation

Spirituality isn't static. It's an evolving optimism that won't let hardship get the best of you.

Trust your intuition. It is the best friend you will ever have.

Remove the emotional and physical clutter from your life so you can soar.

Trying to force things only disturbs your goals. Forcing will not help. Everything happens in its right time.

Your soul mate can turn into your cell mate if the mutual desire for growth isn't there.

Sometimes violence cannot be stopped no matter what we do. But the more peaceful we are, the better chance we have of bringing out the peace in those around us.

Words ride on the energy of tone, its warmth or coldness; think of tone as the music of how words are expressed. You want this music to be soulful, whether you're giving sweet talk or tough love.

The relationship with yourself is the most important relationship you’ll ever have.

Surrender is a state of living in the flow, trusting what is, and being open to serendipity and surprises.

No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise.

...Going into the unknown means returning to the known is a bewitching sweetness. Adventure doesn't always require a sturdy backpack.

We are all the same. Only our thoughts are slightly different.

A gentleman willNever allow a ladyTo feel less than grand.

I don't think the idea of homosexuality is really taboo any more. Our culture is evolving. This is an exciting time to be living.

When using dialect, use it lightly. A dialect word here and there is enough. All you want to do is suggest. Never let it call attention to itself.

In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play.

A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared, you are both in that parenthesis. Its like a proscenium arch for a dialogue.

Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.

It's fun to toy around with press stuff a little bit, because in many ways it's not a real world.