There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'

It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.

For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

I'm a goody-goody. I'm the person who sits in the back row, makes fun of the teacher, and secretly does the extra-credit work.

To see this place would truly be worth a trip to India in itself, and from the spirit of the religion that lived here one can learn more in an hour of viewing than from all the books ever written.

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.