To know whom to strike is competence; to know how to strike is skill; to know where and when to strike is art; to know why to strike is victory.
I used to wear heels because I wanted to show people I wasn't ashamed of being tall.
It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.
You have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything.
I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.
I'm almost 50, so I obviously don't have the same body that I had when I was 20. But I also don't have the same mindset either, when I was wracked with self-consciousness and insecurity. Now I really appreciate my maturity as a woman, my depth of spirit and soul and my understanding of who I am and what's important to me.
I come from a country where you don't wear clothes most of the year. Nudity is the most natural state.
If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don't abide in borrowed certainty. There is no real certainty until you burn; if you wish for this, sit down in the fire.
Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment. . . 'dreaming that love will save us, solve all our problems or provide a steady state of bliss or security only keeps us stuck in wishful fantasy, undermining the real power of the love -- which is to transform us. ' Many people want love to function like a drug, giving them an immediate and sustained high. They want to do nothing, just passively receive the good feeling.
Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.
There is no moment without some duty.