The next thing you think, the next action you take, will either create a new possibility for you, or it will repeat the past.

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.

Don't just write a "To Do" list. Write a "To Be" list.

a feminist is just someone who recognizes power structures that keep people from having the fullest life they can.

Around our enthusiasm, are the ways to surround our destinies.

I accept emotional pain, walk through it, and then come through the other side.

For me, every sound has its own minute form - is composed of small flashing rhythms, shifting tones, has momentum, comes, vanishes, lives out its own structure.

I was part of a generation that changed the world - and it was taken over by poseurs.

I don’t know of a better argument in favor of farming with horses than trying to start an old tractor in the winter time.

Most people wish to be consoled, confirmed. They want their prejudices reinforced and their structured belief systems validated. After all, it hurts to think, and it's absolute agony to think twice.

I love theater, I would love to do a play, but it's hard to beat.

At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.