Laura Joh Rowland quotes

  • You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.

  • The mind is like a river. The thoughts are like the various droplets of water. We are submerged in that water. Stay on the bank and watch your mind.

  • I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.

  • You are not a body. You have a body. You are a soul.

  • I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.

  • We forgot we have Holy Body not less than our Holy Spirit.

  • A lot of my life is about will - having the will to prove what my body can do.

  • The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body's normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.

  • Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

  • I picture heaven as a vast library, with unlimited volumes to read. And paintings and statues to examine galore. I picture it as a great doorway to learning...rather than one great dull answer to all our questions