“Much of your strength as a woman can come from the resolve to replenish and fill your own well and essence first, before taking care of others.”

“Release the story and the truth will be revealed. Release the past and the present will reveal itself. Embrace the future and walk through your fears. Dig out the weeds and the flowers will blossom...”

“As a human being, we are on a continuous journey of self-discovery and experience.”

“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.”

“You have to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandmother was.”

“By gazing inward the true reflection of the self is revealed.”

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.”

“I live alone," he said simply. "I live in the open. I hear the waves at night and see the black patterns of the pine boughs against the sky. With sound and silence and color and solitude, of course...”

“It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. It is hard to desecrate a grove and change your mind. The very holy mountains are keeping mu...”

“Every human being desires love and happiness.”

“Inside of all of us there is the need and the desire to be heard, to have our innermost thoughts, feelings and desires expressed for others to hear, to see and to understand. We all want to matter ...”

“I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are.”