You must run around like a crazy person or walk sedately honoring the dead.

I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you can feel that, and be happy to feel that, you've found It.

Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart.

In each of us, there is a little voice that knows exactly which way to go. And I learned very early to listen to it, even though it has caused so much grief and havoc, and I think that is the only answer.

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

I don't focus on criticism. I prefer to praise people and the world, rather than criticize them and it.

I love us so incredibly, insanely deeply; it's almost unbearable to see what we do to ourselves.