Sitting in stillness has got to be the greatest asset I have in terms of attaining happiness.

We meditate so we can see miracles unfolding. Without stillness life is a blur.

Whatever obstacles appear in your path, put your head down and get past them. Those obstacles aren't real. They're just God's way of testing you. He's asking you, 'Do you want to make it or not?'

When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.

Embrace struggle... It is your greatest teacher.

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.

When you do good by the world, the world will do good by you

Decide that no matter what is happening around you, the sun will always be shining in your world.

Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.

Don't ruin a good today by thinking of a bad yesterday, Let it go!

You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.

A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past.

I know what it’s like to be different. I’m a Native American in a white world.

Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.

I'm also the first straight woman to host this in 20 years, so, we finally made it, straight people.

But if we have people who have the power to tell a story, there will always be readers.

Though it's thousands of miles away Sierra Leone connect to what we go through today Over here, its a drug trade, we die from drugs Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs

Part of building a new nation means building a spirit of tolerance, love and respect amongst the people of this country.

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.

We know who left the country. And many were Bengalis from West Bengal, sent from Calcutta. It was she who sent them - Mrs.[Indira] Gandhi.