When we turn our backs on feelings we should deal with, they fester and grow and ultimately consume us. Silence is denial. Silence is anxiety.

‎In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place.

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.

Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.

As we rise to meet the challenges that are a natural part of living, we awaken to our many undiscovered gifts, to our inner power and our purpose.

Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.

Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.

We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.

Love is the life spring of our existence. The more love you give, the happier you feel and the more love you will have within you to give.

The more we nourish our internal world, the more powerful we grow in the external world.

In every crisis there is a message.

Pain, or pleasure. I could not tell where one ended and the other began.

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.

Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.

They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

Let's all commit ourselves to the basic civility of minding our own business. Failing that, let's go back to a time when we were nasty and judgmental, but only behind one another's backs.

Love is the reason you were born.

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

the chicken's still dancing the chicken won't stop

If I know what something's about, and I can always have that touchstone, I feel like I can reach for really ridiculous humor and also go really dark in terms of the things I'm afraid of.

The moment you fear, you are nobody.