When you fall in love, do not fall out of yourself.

Freedom can be an acquired taste for those who have never savored it.

Unless you break free from the shackles of beauty as dictated by the media and society, true beauty will be elusive.

Is a tree any less beautiful because it has lost a limb?

History and beauty lie in the baroque wrinkles of old cathedrals. mosques, synagogues, temples and faces whose stories are told without a single word.

The candy colored coral snake.The iridescent blue-ringed octopus.Décolletage.Beware of conspicuous beauty.Its venom can be deadly.

She walks in beauty.I am trampled by it.She swims in beauty.I drown in it.

Roll in the snow.Shower in the rain.Bask in the sun.Weatherproof your soul.

Hard and dry, a chickpea is inedible.Hard and dry, a heart is unlovable.Presoak it in dance, music and art.

Beholdthe azure sea in front of you, the turquoise sky above you, the amber mountain beneath your feet, and the golden daisy in your hands.How are you not the richest person on earth?

Start a rumor aboutpeace taking over, love being the new black, and compassion going viral.

Always be ready to help

When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

Regarding the fitness craze: America has lost its soul

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist

Step into the light. Unseen forces are cheering you on.

I'm not into weapons. I'm not into cars. I'm not into explosions. I'm scared of all of that.

You are meant to play the ball as it lies, a fact that may help to touch on your own objective approach to life.

Adolescence can be a time of turmoil and turbulence, of stress and storm. Rebellion against authority and against convention is to be expected and tolerated for the sake of learning and growth.

Rock stars did not invent burning out. They just do it louder.

How gratifying to be there when arrogance collapses. How much more so to be the instrument. (Alfred Gillette)