The opposite of Prosperity is not poverty. It is anxiety.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of time that we are getting better and not sliding into decline.

As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.

Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?

The rare female scientist was depicted as masculine, coarse, ugly, careworn and industrious but making no significant contribution.

There is no way to imagine what it feels like to be shot at. I will never be with him when he is the most scared.

A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me.

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world.

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.

True intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming.

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

Poverty, the racial divide and social injustice do not impact only those who suffer most visibly. Alleviating poverty and injustice is a responsibility we must never forget or abandon.

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

Still are the thoughts to memory dear.