To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before.

Awakening into love is a lifelong path.

The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.

Every day, human beings are worth less. That's the triumph of capitalism. The money gets made, and the fewer people we need to make that money.

People from here will often say, "I'm not from the United States, I'm from New Orleans."

Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action you take.

Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself through the power of forgiveness and compassion.

The best #‎ gift we can give in any interaction is to leave people feeling lighter, #‎ happier , and more at #‎ peace .

It is your birthright to have a life of meaning and purpose. Whether or not the people in your life have consistently celebrated your incarnation, you deserve to celebrate your existence.

Speaker says psychology has commandeered "everything hard" and partitioned it from Scripture with the assumption that its causes are biological

She was never satisfied with anything less than perfection, but she was no grind. She was too interested in people.

When fans come up to me and Vanessa, they're really sweet and ask for autographs - but once they see the guys, the girls tend to scream.

What I do for exercise sort of depends on what's happening in the rest of my life.

Slavery and freedom cannot exist together.

Where is Barbie?" The female shifter snickered and choked it off. "Is there a stripper pole?

I am living. I remember you.

Single payer means something different to everyone. The way I define it is that health care is a right and not a privilege.

Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.

If you really love someone, you shouldn't have to work at it, you finish each others' sentences and have the same sense of humor.