I actually don't think we're more divided than we were. I think it's more evident. It's more evident because of the internet.

The world needs women to redefine what it means to be a person of power

We have little control over the outer weather patterns as we make our way through the landscape of a life. But we can become masters of the inner landscape. We can use what happens on the outside to change the way we function on the inside.

The person who takes the first step in a conflict toward the other, those are brave people.

Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen.

Your path is your own, but you must walk side by side with others, with compassion and generosity as your beacons. If anything is required it is this: fearlessness in your examination of life and death; Willingness to continually grow; and openness to the possibility that the ordinary is extraordinary, and that your joys and your sorrows have meaning and mystery

We'll never change everyone's minds. We're not supposed to.