I am rough around the edges, and I am not a polished girl.
The fastest way to your own happiness is to make another happy.
The world 'out there' won't change until the world 'in here' does.
When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.
The three things you can offer your children to change them: attention, appreciation and affection.
Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities
The abuse of food, alcohol, or drugs is essentially a material response to a need that isn't really physical at its foundation. . What we are looking for is pure joy rather than mere sensation, or even oblivion of sensation. Addiction is unrecognized spiritual craving.
Those who are clever in imagination are far more pleased with themselves than prudent men could reasonably be.
I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point.
I think that most of the candidates [for presidency] can't run the railroad, and I still worry that whoever gets elected will have policies designed for political rather than practical reasons.
I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.