The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"

I feel that the social revolution of the sixties is like a revolving door that came our way, and then left. It's back again.

But beauty itself is not given to us by anyone; it is a power we have within us from the gate, a radiance inside us.

Without nourishing our own souls, we can't nourish the world, for we cannot give what we do not have. As we attend to our souls, we emanate invisibly and involuntarily the light we have received.

Sometimes you are lifted up to the mountaintop as a gift from the universe, so you can see what is possible. Then you are put down back at the bottom: Now you have to earn it for yourself.

I think daily life is where the lessons come in - that's where the tests and the growth come in.

If there is anything interesting about my story it's the fact that it's not unique at all. I feel that I have been through what almost everyone I know has - a slow and gradual maturation process.