Occupation: Writer Birth: 1950
My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance..
Compassion in action may be the glorious possibility that could protect our crowded, polluted planet..
If you don't accept yourself, you won't live fully, and if you don't live fully you'll need to get full some other way..
Let other people do it their way. What other people do is irrelevant..
If you only knew who you really are, you'd be starstruck.
We do children an enormous disservice when we assume that they cannot appreciate anything beyond drive through fare and nutritionally marginal, kid-t….
If you celebrate your differentness, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it-through the words you use to describe yourself, the ac….
Look for your brushes with the divine. Be receptive to them. When heaven knocks, open the door. Value these visits. Remember them. Expect more o….
The idea that everything is purposeful really changes the way you live. To think that everything that you do has a ripple effect, that every word tha….
Growing into your future ... requires a dedication to caring for yourself as if you were rare and precious, which you are, and regarding all life aro….
Your mission isn't a project to check off your list. It's a commitment to which to dedicate your life..
Every person you see has stories, and every person you see has a few that would break your heart. We deserve each other's respect simply because we'v….
The strongest animals on earth are plant eaters. Every creature we've enlisted to do the work we couldn't handle - the horse, donkey, elephant, camel….
Self-esteem is the result of recognizing our personal power; awe and wonder come from recognizing our lack of it. Both are true, and in an exception….
Yoga will always be transformationa l, even when it stops being cool..
Follow the tugs in your heart. I think that everybody gets these gentle urges and should listen to them. Even if they sound absolutely insane, they m….
In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility..
To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they're blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your so….
I need a spiritual connection - I can make changes, but I can't make miracles - and I need people around me who'll support me and believe in me and t….
If you celebrate your differentness, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it..
In terms of days and moments lived, you'll never again be as young as you are right now, so spend this day, the youth of your future, in a way that d….