There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

It’s really very difficult to understand a woman – actually it’s not she but he who is confused

Doubt tempers belief with sanity.

I am not ashamed to reply to you in my mother tongue, however imperfectly, and am glad to be able to show that my fatherland means more to me than anything else

I love rock and roll, so put another dime in the juke box, baby.

Always beware of people offering you one-time money. That only works in an election year. How are you going to permanently pay for education?

As an actress, there's nothing worse than not knowing your cues.

For uncommon solutions, you have to look in uncommon places.

It's risky to talk about one's most secret dreams a bit too early.

Most films these days are men's stories. Women are for add-on romance. That's very hard.

I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.