Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.

No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.

Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renee Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length.

The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are.

Adults under threat feel like children.

Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be.

Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.

Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die.

Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

Every worldview I chose, it seemed, edged me toward belief.

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

I always felt that it was my job to try to help other people get it and deal with it.

I don't believe that there are no spiritual beings around us. I don't know what to call them, I don't know how they work. But I know they're there.

I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there.

I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light.

I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.

I'd like to help repair the earth's ecosystems, and to fully live until I'm fully dead.

If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you.

If you're religious, it gives you a perspective.