inspiration

"You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be."

"I am so, so alive."

"Failure is an event, never a person."

"The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free."

"Ask yourself these three questions, Tatiana Metanova, and you will know who you are. Ask: What do believe in? What do you hope for? What do you love?"

"If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. It’s a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other sentient beings, to yourself, and to the environment, on which all sentient beings depend."

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."

"If the town were a black hole, I was the helpless star being sucked into oblivion. It was an oblivion I craved."

"We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties."

"Silence is the sound of our soul"

"Vital lives are about action. You can't feel warmth unless you create it, can't feel delight until you play, can't know serendipity unless you risk."

"We do not remember days, we remember moments."

"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her."

"Sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a special ability to get us to believe in ourselves, to tie that belief to our highest ideals, and to imagine that together we can do great things.In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible."

"Creativity flows when the mind is light. Be light and ignite your imagination."

"Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living."

"Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody."

"People where you live,"the little prince said, "grow five thousand roses in one garden... yet they don't find what they're looking for...They don't find it,"I answered.And yet what they're looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water..."Of course,"I answered.And the little prince added, "But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart."

"I try not to put anything political on the forefront of what I'm trying to do creatively. At the same time, I do think it's wonderful when I hear people say that it's inspirational that I'm an Indian woman on camera. My life is very diverse, and my friends are a diverse group of people."

"The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself."