My biggest sorrow, when looking back on my youth, is how much of it I somehow missed. Now, looking at my life today, I don't want to make the same mistake. I don't want to miss this. As Bonnie Raitt sang like she was singing it for all of us, "Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste."

Our most meaningful conversations go on late at night when we're on the phone with our friends or talking to our lovers.

Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.

Fear is not life-giving enough to sustain itself. We can move in the direction of fear only so long before it brings us to our knees, or to our end.

We need love - an awesome love grounded in the evolutionary potential for life on Earth - to become the organizing principle for human society.

When you meet anyone, remember it is a holy encounter. As you see him, you will see yourself. As you treat him, you will treat yourself. As you think of him, you will think of yourself. Never forget this, for in him you will find yourself or lose yourself.

The Queen is coming to reclaim her girls.