You either believe what you think or you question it. There’s no other choice.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

We're not really conscious of what we're doing most of the time.

There is only one thing in this world worse than dying and that’s watching someone you love die instead—you feel their pain with no final solace.

For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee.

Don't associate me with comedy. And please don't say actress. I would never call myself any of those things. I hate it when people call me that.

An actors real job is going on lots of auditions! When you book the job that's the fun part!

The crowning evidence that he lives is not a vacant grave, but a spirit-filled fellowship. Not a rolled-away stone, but a carried-away church.

The mind does not take its complexion from the skin.

Fear is an effective factor in altering behavior.

The store of wisdom does not consist of hard coins which keep their shape as they pass from hand to hand; it consists of ideas and doctrines whose meanings change with the minds that entertain them.

It fills me with dismay sometimes when you look at the scripts that do come to you that are primarily focused on violence. There are so many other things to play around with.