With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.

If I don't feel confident about my body, I'm not going to sit at home and feel sorry for myself and not do something about it. It's all about taking action and not being lazy. So you do the work, whether it's fitness or whatever. It's about getting up, motivating yourself and just doing it.

I've always been the type to fall in love fast and, with every boyfriend, I plan out my wedding in my head.

I think I'll always be a hopeless romantic.

I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised.

The first time I was pregnant, Kanye and I were dating, and I was just being introduced to the world of fashion. I wanted to work with a bunch of different stylists, and when you work with a new stylist, everyone wants to possess your look.

You never know what the future holds or where my life will take me.

My decision to end my marriage was such a risk to lose ratings and lose my fan base. I had to take that risk for my inner peace and to be happy with myself.

I used to enjoy the spotlight. If I had a day off from filming, I didn't know what to do. Now I enjoy my family time so much, there is this sense of, if it all went away, and I was just a mom, I would love my life.

My mom and I had the same vision, and we want the same things. We would always make a goal list every year.

I always wanted what Mom and Dad had.

I wanted to be a teacher.

There was at time in my life where all I wanted was a relationship, and I thought that was the most important thing.

I have to be in a relationship in order to be intimate. I'm not the one-night-stand kind of girl. Despite the rumors.

I definitely think anything I'd be in now is a permanent relationship.

You make mistakes, but I don't have any regrets. I'm the kind of person who takes responsibility for it and deals with it. I learn from everything I do. I work very hard, I have so many things going on in my life. Get to know me and see who I am.

I feel like I'm at a really happy, good space.

The perfect date for me would be staying at home, making a big picnic in bed, eating Wotsits and cookies while watching cable TV.

It's fun to have a partner who understands your life and lets you be you.

At the end of the day, life is about being happy being who you are, and I feel like we are so blessed to have the support system and the best family to really just support each other no matter what we're going through.

When I turned 16, my dad made me sign a contract - he made us sign contracts for everything - that if I hit my car, I would be responsible for paying for it. I was in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and I tapped someone. It was so not a big deal, but I had to pay for it.

I feel lazy when I'm not working. I learned all my business sense from my dad. He always believed in me, and I think the last thing he said to me before he passed away was, 'I know you're gonna be OK. I'm not worried about you'.

I'm a really nostalgic person. I love taking photos and video and having memories. I remember all my childhood videos that my dad used to take. I think that's really what life is about - especially when you start a family of your own.

I really see myself continuing to design clothes, fragrances.

If I like a food, I'll eat it, even if I know it's not good for me.

The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.

Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart.

Every man loves what he is good at.

Hope is a very thin diet.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.

When I cook for my family on Christmas, I make feijoada, a South American dish of roasted and smoked meats like ham, pork, beef, lamb, and bacon - all served with black beans and rice. It's festive but different.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.'