The choices we've made throughout our lives affect whatever happens to us in any given moment.
I've seen that many times in rural African villages where people have nothing but a hut and a bowl. The joy in the children's eyes is something you wish you could package and bring back to America.
What, I have actually loved it, because I've been underestimated every step of the way, and it's so exciting when you can prove them all wrong.
No matter who you are, no matter what your culture is, it is absolutely possible to look out and extend yourself in such a way, that you can connect to other people and find that we are more alike than we are different.
Everything in your life right now is a possible episode.
New York traffic can drive you crazy.
The divine is in all things.
That's what leads to a reinvention of yourself - being fully present and in the moment.
A friend of mine says that perfection is a road, not a destination.
Back then, a few doilies and napkins were all that a lot of women had. In the little house where I grew up, the pillowcases my grandmother embroidered were the only things of beauty.
My theory is that when you're famous, you're no different from anybody else - it's just that more people know your name.
To be mundane and poor is the curse of life!
One of my theories about life is that we become what we believe.
There's nothing worse than betraying yourself.
When you have done everything that you can do, surrender. Give yourself up to the power and energy that's greater than yourself.
When you have more respect for yourself and put yourself in a position where you feel your sense of value or worth, that's how you know you're on the right path.
The nature of Buddhism, as I understand it, is to believe that we are all pure and radiant at our core. And yet we see around us so much evidence that people are not acting from a place of purity and radiance.
The only way to end war is communication between people.
Often when someone comes to you and wants to vent, it's so tempting to start giving advice. But if you allow the person just to let the feelings out, and then at another time come back with advice or comments, that person would experience a deeper healing.
Most people when they're walking are thinking about where they have to go and what they have to do. But that removes us from happiness.
In America, people are so busy. Even the children are busy. I get the impression very few of us are touching the miracle that you are alive.
When you're passionate about your work, it feels like you would do it even if no one were paying you.
You can't give it to others if you don't have it in yourself.
When I read poetry, I read it aloud. It's so much better that way.
I believe I don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future. I know who and what holds the future. I trust that beyond this space and time, all is well, and all will be well.
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