“Before you chase success, status, power, wealth fame or love; first fall in love with yourself – for the person you’ll be if and when you get there is still the same. Success will be a painful path and an empty trophy without self acceptance, self worth or if littered with self hate.”

“Writers give readers courage – the courage to be utterly your complete and complex self.(In reference to Audre Lorde)”

“Yoga is not only a process of the integration of the soul, mind, and body for self-improvement, it is a process of self -realization and self -acceptance.”

“Self-acceptance is the basis of a happy life.”

“We experience happiness on a sensory level that is relatively short-lived. But lasting happiness is related to our state of mind.”

“On a mental level, kindness and compassion give rise to lasting joy.”

“If in day to day life you lead a good life, honestly, with love, compassion, and less selfishness, then automatically you will find peace.”

“Inner beauty, warm-heartedness and compassion, is what brings about peace of mind.”

“I know that your soul is on life support and that you feel lost and like you’re completely spinning out of control, but you’re finding yourself — here, tonight… even in this darkness.”

“Where would we have been without the discoveries of our predecessors, and where are we going without your discoveries?”

“I want you to trust yourself, baby. Love is all that matters and you’ve always known that. You’ve known, since you were a very little girl, what your life is meant to be about…”

“I really believe that there is an invisible red thread tied between him and me, and that it has stretched and tangled for years — across oceans and lifetimes. I know that it won’t break because our souls are tied.”