the beauty of doing nothing

A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to grow.

You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.

If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach.

During Katherine Hepburn's time when she was just coming into her own at 40.

Poetry is the fiery index to the genius of the age.

A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.

I never dreamed of any enormity greater than I have committed. I never knew, and never shall know, a worse man than myself.

The typical American voter is so stupid, his dog teaches him tricks.

As soon as we get out of our urban shell, we're still at the mercy of nature as individuals.

A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same -- scandal.

Many of us are hunting mice - while lions devour the land.

I'd kill myself without music. Immediately. Life is pointless without music for me.