The world over, give a guy money and it goes to drinking, gambling, and women. When you give a woman money, it goes to feeding, clothing, helping people.

We are stronger than we think we are. We have courage that we do not recognize until we need it. We are equal to challenges that we haven't even imagined yet

There are so many people in the communities in need and so many organizations in need. People are doing amazing, beautiful things just to keep the world from not hurting more today than yesterday.

It didn't matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.

In some ways, it's easier to settle for someone else's version of success than to risk falling short at one's own.

What we have is a crisis of imagination. Albert Einstein said that you cannot solve a problem with the same mind-set that created it.

I do think men fear female intuition.

I think influence is one way to exercise power and that the challenge is whether it is power over or power with. That's the essential shift that I hope can happen in the world.

Patriarchy is connected to greed, a symptom of a larger force that can only be dispelled through kindness and love. It's basic Buddhism.

It's too bad that it takes egregious behavior or some kind of crisis to get people to take notice and get clearer about things that were just below the surface.

If you can intuit well, you're essentially meeting the future faster.

I have an instinct for finding the odd location, the dismissed face, the eerie atmosphere, the oppressed mood.

The man who builds, and wants wherewith to pay, Provides a home from which to run away.

What we need to get right is not focusing on the fear associated with quantity - not enough, scarcity, and lack - and moving instead to a worldview that explores quality and connectedness.

Comparing what the Democrats offer to what the Republicans offer is like comparing the money I have in my pocket to what Bill Gates has in his.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

The only thing I can really trust is my own self-indulgence.

Can you care for the people and rule the country and not be cunning?

I've deliberately tried to calm myself down because eventually I want to be a good role model to my kids.

The world is not magic - and that's the most magical thing about it.

Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?