Venice is beautiful, but like a Bergman movie is beautiful; you can admire it, but you don't really want to live in it.

A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to grow.

You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.

If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach.

People underestimate the impact of a new reality.

The bereaved need more than just the space to grieve the loss. They also need the space to grieve the transition.

The underlying principle of all Satan’s tactics is deception. He is a crafty and clever camouflager.

...the power of grace can work great things in the human person, greater than we might have dared to hope...(pg.52 in The Examen Prayer).

The chakras in your body are as to galaxies on the body of God.

Not every daughter mourns the loss of a mother.

In politics, when you're explaining, you're losing.

I was not allowed to take notes but my friend and I memorised those two and a half pages. Most people talked to me because of the warning. They knew this book was not going to be the official line.

I would hope that the publicity around the Higgs boson would increase the public awareness of physics and cosmology.

Fear could never make virtue.