As I see it, the greatest responsibility of motherhood is to make sure that our children know that there are principles of kindness, compassion, integrity, excellence, and discipline.

No matter how sad we might be, the universe is still planning our happiness.

We have great power to affect the attitudes and behavior of the people around us, at work and at home. We have the power to set a tone of honor, to create an energy around ourselves that says, 'I respect myself. I respect you. Let's respect each other.'

[God is] an all-encompassing love that is the source of all, the reality of all, and the being through which I am.

Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty.

We receive His peace when we ask Him for it. We keep His peace by extending it to others. Those are the keys and there are no others.

Sex is not the ultimate high, but the ultimate high hangs out around sex. The ultimate high is the dance with another person, played so deep down and with such abandon that glee returns to grown-ups.