The first step of letting go: To remove what obstructs your experience of wholeness and peace, you must first look at the obstruction.

We're all connected. Helping another woman is helping yourself, your mother, your sister, your children.

In life you have two choices. You can laugh or you can cry. You have to laugh, you have to.

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

To me, the definition of sexy - at any age - is strength and confidence.

Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.

Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.

If I can play a little part in the world's healing, and making it a better place than when I came, then I just thank God for that chance.

People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that’s what I admire most.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.

We are all saying the same thing in different words.

Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.

There were seventy-five people in the lobby and only a seven-year-old girl was finding out what it felt like to sit on the Marble Floor

But it's morning. Within my hands is another day. Another day to listen and love and walk and glory. I am here for another day.

No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves

Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace.

My trouble is I analyze life instead of live it.

Moods should be heard but never danced to.

Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.