O amadurecimento de um ser humano é como o de uma planta, de uma flor. Não podemos forçar para que se abra, pois suas pétalas quebrariam. Não podemos esquecer que tudo tem seu tempo.

Não controlamos todas as causas, todas as condições e muito menos todos os efeitos do que fazemos, falamos e pensamos. Mas podemos trabalhar nas nossas intenções, nos nossos votos, nos nossos valores e, agindo através da compaixão, com discernimento, procurar minimizar a dor e o sofrimento no mundo.

“Algumas vezes, temos de ser o barqueiro, alguém que mostre às pessoas que há uma outra margem e que é possível chegar lá.” Abandonar o sofrimento, o papel de vítima e se libertar para viver apreciando a vida.

Quando percebemos nossos sentimentos e nossas emoções, quando conseguimos verbalizar o que sentimos, os libertamos.

A verdadeira amizade permanece sem recalques, sem segredos. Na confiança de perceber e de compreender sem julgar.

Céu e inferno estão em nós mesmos. Quando entramos no mundo do ódio, da raiva, do rancor, da vingança, do ciúme, do tédio, da preguiça, da ganância, da ignorância, penetramos o inferno. Perdemos a condição de apreciar a vida. Sofremos e causamos sofrimento.

Quando penetramos o mundo da compreensão, da sabedoria, da compaixão, da ternura, do amor incondicional, adentramos os portais do céu. Recuperamos a capacidade de apreciar a vida. Alegramo-nos e causamos alegrias a muitos seres.

In truth, every creation of the mind is first of all 'poetic' in the proper sense of the word; and inasmuch as there exists an equivalence between the modes of sensibility and intellect, it is the same function that is exercised initially in the enterprises of the poet and the scientist.

Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.

As a young woman in politics, with few women around, you start to subconsciously behave like men in politics. That comes across as quite hard, tough and humorless, but you're trying to be taken seriously.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

My focus is on my constituents.

I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting.

The team's aims are do to the best we can basically.

I'm a hedonist when it comes to culinary delights.

There's no hypocrisy in Hell's Kitchen.

One of my co-workers at Ralph Lauren heard about the show, and when she got back to the office, said; Carson, you have to call Bravo. They're doing a show. You're perfect for it.

When a government goes to war, particularly a democracy, it is the most solemn and awesome responsibility of our leaders - to decide to send our kids to go off and kill and die for us.

I remember when John Lasseter called me back in the late 1990s to personally invite me to come be the voice of Barbie in 'Toy Story 2.'

Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice provided you are able to transform calamity and misfortune into the path.

Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.

I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide.

With me it's always about first impressions.

There's magic in recognizing a kindred spirit, and an even greater power in letting yourself love them. When it scares you, let it - that's your ego letting go.

I don't really believe in anything special, but I respect God. I go to church sometimes, but not often.

Writing reminds you that you're never alone. Writing and reading is to be optimistic.

Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.

Have fun is my message. Be silly. Youre allowed to be silly. Theres nothing wrong with it.

A play should have barely been rescued from the mess it might just as easily have been.

Charm is being so exquisitely buoyant and full of life keeping the magnet within you so surcharged with the joy of life that even poor features are lost sight of in the bewitching attraction of the whole.

The lesson that people can't give me what they don't have, and if there's anything I took from it, it was: okay, I don't really expect anyone to hand me anything. There's going to be me and the world.