leave me in peace, let me sleep one night at least without my pillow being wet with tears, my eyes burning and my head throbbing

Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Whoever is happy will make others happy.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.

You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

I began drinking because the thought that I was drinking gave me a kind of identity: each time I poured myself a brandy in the deserted afternoon I could say to myself 'I am a woman who drinks.

Keep well that is the half of wisdom and of happiness.

My sophomore year I placed 2nd, and my junior and senior year - I got smart and piled up enough points between myself and second place where I didn't have to run the mile.

When I repress my emotion my stomach keeps score.

I didn't know your identity, but I had an impression of who my opponent was, being surrounded by things you made.

To let go in the deepest recesses of the heart, to release all struggle and wanting, leads us to that knowing which is timeless.

I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person, and that was a little intimidating, but I wanted to get out there and pay my dues.

He who follows another will never overtake him

If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.

I didn't aspire to write and never considered it as a career option.