“Like the lotus flower that is born out of mud, we must honor the darkest parts of ourselves and the most painful of our life’s experiences, because they are what allow us to birth our most beautiful self.”

You must have the guts to throw off the chains of modesty and mediocrity in order to be the light that the world needs.

When we love all parts of ourselves, when we bless all of ourselves, when we honor all of our history and all of our insecurities, doubts, worries, and fears, we become the women that we always wanted to be.

Fulfilling your vision for the best year of your life requires thought and introspection. It is not much different than planning an awesome vacation. It takes time, discussion, planning, decision making, and an array of other skills.

Mary Allen has compiled a wealth of tools and resources – both inner and outer – to support you in consciously directing your untapped potential and creating a life that you love.

Whatever we refuse to recognize about ourselves has a way of rearing its head and making itself known when we least expect it.

It is only when you’re lying to yourself or hating some aspect of yourself that you’ll get an emotional charge from someone else’s behavior.

When you learn that you can trust life, life will deliver treasures beyond your imagination.

When divine consciousness enters, the shift occurs and you will be engulfed by what will feel like the greatest love imaginable – a love in which your soul realigns with your spirit and they meet together as one.

We can’t fight darkness with darkness. We have to find compassion, and embrace the darkness inside of us in order to understand it and, ultimately, to transcend it.

Compassion allows us to understand that, as citizens of the planet, we’re all in this together and that in order to ensure our survival we must hold and cultivate a new and larger vision of what’s possible for ourselves and for the human race as a whole.

The present moment is the pivotal point of power.

If we want to know what we’re really committed to, all we have to do is look at our lives.

Unforgiveness is the poison you drink every day hoping that the other person will die.

Each aspect within us needs understanding and compassion. If we are unwilling to give it to ourselves how can we expect the world to give it to us?

We are meant to discover our authentic nature-the state of being in which we are inspired by ourselves, turned on, lit up, and excited about who we are.

What if the key to unlocking your true authentic power, to opening up your heart deeply to love, to finding the confidence to go after everything you want in your life lies hidden in your shadow?

The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.

We all have our imperfections. But I’m human, and you know, it’s important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.

The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.

Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.

I’m not a handsome guy, but I can give my hand to someone who needs help. Beauty is in the heart, not in the face.

The voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.