"You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.'"

"The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think."

"It is a humble truth that a visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim."

"Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"A resilient spirit knows that gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"The true measure of a man is a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."