The purpose of daily prayer is the cultivation of a sense of the sacred. Sacred energy renews us.

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

‎"Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.

Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place".

People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

No one is any more or any less important than you are.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

Prayerful life, blessed life.

Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.

I can hear the roar of women's silence.

It's so much worse to live in regret in your forties than it is to take a chance in your late twenties.

I wanted to be a rock star.

We don't even know if we're in this room. We could be in a turtle's dream in outer space.

This morning I deleted the hyphen from "hell-bound" and made it one word; this afternoon I redivided it and restored the hyphen.

In the old days, I just could not leave characters alone. Now I just try to keep the ones that still have something in the way of stories to tell.

Only the unprepared are overcome by pressure

I feel at home in an orchestral score.