When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

We spend our lives searching for something we think we don't have, something that will make us happy. But the key to our deepest happiness lies in changing our vision of where to seek it.

If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness.

What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.

You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy path, and, if so, let go and change directions.

I'm sorry. I use my rapier wit to hide my inner pain.

I miss that feeling of connection.Knowing he was out there somewhere thinking about me at the same time I was thinking about him.

Life is a circus: you go in, bow, run around, bow again and leave.

[T]his is the strongest encouragement to them in sinning

The worst prison is not made of metal bars. The worst prison is when your internal reality does not match your external reality.

I'm thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up.

I have always done what I wanted to do.

I've been writing a lot of country music again. I've written some bluegrass material. I'm having a good time doing that.

No, I don't have a boyfriend, I don't want one.

A real artist is the one who has learned to recognize and to render... the 'radiance' of all things as an epiphany or showing forth of the truth.