"You must act in the face of reality, never taking counsel of you own worst fears."

“The right to enjoy property without unlawful deprivation, no less that the right to speak out or the right to travel is, in truth, a "personal" right.”

“I sang my song called "In This Song." David Foster wrote the song for me. I thought that I should sing a ballad song.”

Source : Source: www.seventeen.com

“Because I didn't have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an identity that worked for me. Pop culture just doesn't hand us enough variety to choose from.”

Source : "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2008.

“If you have time to breathe you have time to meditate. You breathe when you walk. You breathe when you stand. You breathe when you lie down.”

“The AvowalAs swimmers dareto lie face to the skyand water bears them,as hawks rest upon airand air sustains them;so would I learn to attain freefall, and floatinto Creator Spirit's deep embrace,knowing no effort earnsthat all-surrounding grace.”

“Caesar might have married Cleopatra, but he had a wife at home. There's always something.”

“For what is man without desires, without free will, and without the power of choice but a stop in an organ pipe?”

“Very few of us are succeeding in giving our parents the ideal death.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com