While it is tempting to play it safe, the more we're willing to risk, the more alive we are. In the end, what we regret most are the chances we never took.

I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.

My life is a party thrown for me by my own decisions.

Apologizes are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is you can move, on you can grow.

Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time.

I got fired when I was a dishwasher at Denny's. That set me back a little bit. You don't realize how important dishwashers are until you do the job.

The greatest sin is judgment without knowledge.

I was brought up to never lie. Sure, I have. But in the final mix, the lies I've told are far outweighed by the truths I've lived.

The mark of a man is one who knows he can' control his circumstances - but he can control his responses.

I went and did some things [rehab], and then of course my life didn't change that much [for a while], but I never missed work.

I don't know if I'm addicted to fame; fame is more of an unpleasant circumstance of an addiction to creativity.

Just because we're sisters under the skin doesn't mean we've got much in common.

Go as far as you can, [young scientists]. The world needs you badly.

I have been on the cover of Time magazine. My father was on the cover of Time, and my grandfather was on the cover of Time.

Sitting with the poor and less fortunate people removes the ego and pride from your heart.

Reality is nourishment, but people don't believe it, I guess it's hard to stomach the truth like a bulimic.

It's just satisfying for me to be able to write kind of like a finished, nice product.

Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause.

In the end, yoga has less to do with what you can do with your body and more to do with the happiness that unfolds from realizing your full potential.

You don't know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night, Scared at the thought of kissing razors

Behind every American soldier, dozens of their countrymen tonight sleep soundly — and hundreds more in their shadow abroad will wake up alive and safe.