You have a soft spot. Contrary to popular belief, it is not where you are weak, it is the gateway to indestructible power.

Confidence is the willingness to be as ridiculous, luminous, intelligent, and kind as you really are, without embarrassment.

Fearlessness requires attention and receptivity-it takes focus to stand in the still eye of a tornado and not be swept away by it.

. . . the labor with which we give birth is simply a rehearsal for something we mothers must do over and over: turn ourselves inside out, and then let go.

A Dark Night is a mental and emotional state of despair that arises when something is so painful that it blots out all other considerations and makes carrying on as usual out of the question.

Creativity is a clashing of opposites.

In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth, a life full of the most atrocious tortures on earth, will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.

Sometimes even the most successful people feel empty and incomplete

When you are through changing, you are through.

God knows that sometimes we lack words to express our feelings, heart-cry, thoughts. And so within the Bible he includes people's prayers as models to help our own.

If your dreams don't match your actions, you can either change your dreams or change your actions.

I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy.

I love indie record stores, man. I love anything that's about independence and preserving the brand of good music.

It is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only about your first step, the rest will come.

I have studied at the school of the world.