Great Throughts Treasury

"If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit."

"I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on this planet is to encourage people to empower themselves."

"My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with."

"I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly."

"In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright."

"I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life."

"Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny."

"Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you."

"What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives."

"What I learned at a very early age was that I was responsible for my life. And as I became more spiritually conscious, I learned that we all are responsible for ourselves, that you create your own reality by the way you think and therefore act. You cannot blame apartheid, your parents, your circumstances, because you are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything."