I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self.

If you hear a voice within you saying, 'You are not a painter,' then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear. When the student is truly ready ... the teacher will disappear.

You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?

Awake, my dear. Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light, and let it breath. 

If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

Inch by inch I conquered the inner terrain I was born with. Bit by bit I reclaimed the swamp in which I'd languished. I gave birth to my infinite being, but I had to wrench myself out of me with forceps.

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

Sometimes you are going to miss a person who was an almost to you.

And feel sad because there is no name for that feeling.

You just feel it in a way that makes you tired to your very bones.

You're on Earth. There's no cure for that.

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music – the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. 

It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Dare to change. All true things must change, and only that which changes remains true.

Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities.
Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one will go.

It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.