I am convinced that life in a physical body is meant to be an ecstatic experience.

When you really trust someone, you have to be okay with not understanding some things.

—Shakti Gawain

The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.

—Shakti Gawain

What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.

—Shakti Gawain

You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it.

—Shakti Gawain

Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically, if we are willing to listen to them.

—Shakti Gawain

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

—Pythagoras

Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

—Plato

It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now… with its aches and it pleasures… is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.

—Pema Chödrön

It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn—which is what life is all about.

—Oprah Winfrey

I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.

—Oprah Winfrey