I’m grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

I’m not a regrets-type person.

Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and recording sessions.

Let not a libation of tears be the only offering at the shrine of Jesus; let us also rejoice with joy unspeakable. If we have need to lament our sin, how much more to rejoice at our pardon!

My mother made me truly appreciate women.

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.

My life is mine to remember.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

Little by little, not by making big promises, I need to be calmer, read more, spend more time with my loved ones, and be more mindful about nature and environment.

The way to know life is to love many things.

I’ve always appreciated a turn of phrase.

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.

I actually feel like women in my position, when we have all at our disposal to help us, shouldn’t complain when we consider all of the people who are really struggling and don’t have the means or support. Many people are single, raising children. That’s hard.

My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.

Delhi means everything to me. This city has given me everything, and I love it.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

There’s no substitute for the practice of meditation.

Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only!

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

Conscious of not being able to separate myself from my time, I have decided to become part of it.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way.

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

There are so many emotions that you’re feeling, you can get stifled by them if you’re feeling them all at once. What I try to do is take one moment – one simple, simple feeling – and expand it into three-and-a-half minutes.

There is something in the way that we are now, with our cell phones, and people are not looking at each other and not being in the moment with each other, that kids feel isolated.

I just owe almost everything to my father and it’s passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

Everywhere I go, the kids call me ‚the book lady.‘ The older I get, the more appreciative I seem to be of the ‚book lady‘ title. It makes me feel more like a legitimate person, not just a singer or an entertainer. But it makes me feel like I’ve done something good with my life and with my success.

Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

Become slower in your journey through life. Practice yoga and meditation if you suffer from ‚hurry sickness.‘ Become more introspective by visiting quiet places such as churches, museums, mountains and lakes. Give yourself permission to read at least one novel a month for pleasure.

We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

When the well is dry, they know the worth of water.

It’s flattering to people who stop you and say that you’ve helped them and all. But, again, you know, you’ve got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.

I don’t live in the past at all; I’m always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you’re not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!

Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experience, but that’s not where I live.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Never find fault with the absent.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.

Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

Little things affect little minds.

I really concentrate on what’s on my plate at the moment and do the very best I can.

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?

If you want what you’re saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody’s life. Your own, first.

Remind yourself that winning an argument or proving your point really gets you nowhere in the long run. Win through your actions, not your words.

I sometimes ask people, ‚Can you be aware of your own presence? Not the thoughts that you’re having, not the emotions that you’re having, but the very presence of your very being?‘ You become aware of your own presence by sensing the entire energy field in your body that is alive. And that is the totality of your presence.