I trust in the ebb and flow of the universe. I trust that life's bigger than what I can see. I trust that there is a divine order beyond my control. And I trust that no matter what happens, I will be all right.

In God, I move and breathe and have my being.

For the first time, I wasn't afraid to be smart, and she often stayed after school to work with me.

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

The reason I've been able to be so financially successful is my focus has never, ever for one minute been money.

If you peel back the layers of your life-the frenzy, the noise-stillness is waiting. That stillness is you.

I'm starting to cry. I'm remembering those years I struggled with my weight, those times when I saw my reflection in a store window and didn't know who that fat person was, years when it was a big accomplishment for me to exercise at two dots on the StairMaster. And now I'm finishing a 26-mile race. Damn! This is better than winning an Emmy!