You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.

If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.

The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

One moment can change a day. One day can change a life. One life can change the world.

Humanity's thirst for natural resources can only be sustained if we adapt our patterns of consumption. Competition for necessities like water, food and land will inevitably intensify. To meet the challenge of climate change and environmental depletion we must all cooperate.

Compassion is a verb.

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.

Passion is a verb.

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.

My parents never talked to me like I was a kid. Maybe that’s why I’ve been seen as mature.

Remember that you are not your body, but a soul traveling with the body on a journey of joy.

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

Being a mother is discovering strengths you didn't know you had and dealing with fears you never knew existed.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).

You are your choices.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.

Be happy. It really annoys negative people.

Failure is a teacher.

Women are one half of society which gives birth to the other half so it is as if they are the entire society.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

You must be good to yourself if you are ever going to be any good for others.

My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all – the gift of unconditional love.

No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be good.

I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another, it’s about the Christian ethic, it’s about kindness.

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.

Do not judge others and do not be perturbed and disturbed by others judgment. You are alone and you are unique.

I enjoy life when things are happening. I don’t care if it’s good things or bad things. That means you’re alive.

I choose to love you in silence, for in silence I find no rejection. I choose to love you in loneliness, for in loneliness no one owns you but me.

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

The risks you keep taking, the challenges you keep overcoming, are like symbolic deaths that sharpen your appreciation for life.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say, “I love you”, “I’m sorry”, “I appreciate you”, “I’m proud of you”… whatever you’re feeling.

It’s not that we fear death, it’s that we fear not living the life we want.

Trust is something that is difficult to establish. It is very fragile that needs to be taken care of. Once trust breaks or shatters into pieces, it is very difficult to rebuild it.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

By saying “yes” to every request from others, you allow all your time to be taken up by tasks that are important to others, not necessarily to you.

Whenever sorrow comes, be kind to it. For God has placed a pearl in sorrow’s hand.

Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe.