Any joy, creativity or wisdom our next moment brings will ensue from the way we live our present one.

There is a knowingness that is as much a part of us as flesh and blood and bones. It's intuition, the deepest natural knowing. ... Intuition is the voice within forever pressing us to stretch ourselves, to take risks, to keep loving and giving birth to a new self, regardless of circumstances.

Self-hate is a form of mental slavery that results in poverty, ignorance, and crime.

When we have painful memories from hurting experiences, we may feel justified in holding on to the resentment. But resentment is corrosive. It doesn't affect the person we feel anger toward, it destroys the host.

Women are holding up the world. We're taking care our children and, very often, our parents and sometimes our grandparents.

Occasionally, I have to think like myself to remember where I put something.

Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement.