Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.

We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.

Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go

Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.

Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.

The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.

Our talk is right and the other person’s talk is wrong, however if a conflict occurs, then it is wrong.

I thought you're someone worth fighting for. But after all, you're not.

Culture is the heartbeat of the organization and our society.

How we live as leaders matters.

Failure is the price paid for a lesson. Learn from it.

You have the morals of rabbit, the character of a slug, and the brain of a platypus.

My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful

I turned back to my extracurricular study of death and disease. Because no matter what Grace thought, I knew that in Mercy Falls, it's never over

There is no romance without some lying. That's what romance is - a little bit of Vaseline on the camera lens of life.

I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color.