The more you do speak from the heart, rather than thumping the agenda, people will listen or relate or open themselves up more.

Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!

Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.

I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.

I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.

I've always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it's never too late to transform ourselves.

Life is service.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

All art is someone trying to tell you something.

There is not a man in power at our Bethlehem steel works today who did not begin at the bottom and work his way up.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.

The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth.

Witness your thoughts. Your thoughts are attachments.

I was brought up to understand that we are all here on planet earth together.

Cruelty is no more the cure of crimes than it is the cure of sufferings; compassion, in the first instance, is good for both; I have known it to bring compunction when nothing else would.