Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

I'm modern because I make the difficult seem easy, and so I can communicate with the whole world.

Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world.

My readers - and I get 400 emails for a day, my readers normally they say, well, you understand me, and I answer, you do understand me also. We are in the same level.

I was arrested three times and tortured once

When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated - but haters are losers. It's not good to feed this aspect. It's more intelligent to be constructive.

The major religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, they deny somehow that God has a feminine face. However, if you go to the holy texts, you see there is this feminine presence.

Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you.

This may sound a little bit idealistic, but when I go to my blog, my Facebook page, my Twitter account, I talk to different people from all over the world, and you see how it's easy to establish a dialogue. 

I tweet in the morning and the evening. To write 12 hours a day, there is a moment when you're really tired. It's my relaxing time.

I walk every day, and I look at the mountains and the fields and the small city, and I say: 'Oh my God, what a blessing.' Then you realise it's important to put it in a context beyond this woman, this man, this city, this country, this universe.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience

 “You’re always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort.”

 “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

 “When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.”

 “The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”

“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.” 

“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” 

“You are what you believe yourself to be.”

 “When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.” –

“No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.

 “Don’t allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily.” 

“Miracles only happen if you believe in miracles.”

“Do something instead of killing time. Because time is killing you.” –

 “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine: it is lethal.” 

“Close some doors today, not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.”

“You have two choices, to control your mind or to let your mind control you.” 

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.” 

“People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.” 

“Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose – and commit myself to – what is best for me.” 

“There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.” –

“What hurts us is what heals us.”

“Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.”

“Stop thinking all the time that you’re in the way, that you’re bothering the person next to you. If people don’t like it, they can complain. And if they don’t have courage to complain, that’s their problem.”

“Those who never take risks can only see other people’s failures.”

“The most important experiences we can have are those that take us to the very limit. That is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage.” 

“The world lies in the hands of those who have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams – each according to his or her own talent.”

“It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.” 

“No matter how you feel today, get up, dress up and show up.”

“People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them.”

“There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.”

“What hurts us is what heals us.”

“Making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”