One of the most courageous things we do is change. If everyone says you’re wonderful every time you wear a red dress, and you change to yellow, that takes courage.
BARBARA DE ANGELISOne of the most courageous things we do is change. If everyone says you’re wonderful every time you wear a red dress, and you change to yellow, that takes courage.
BARBARA DE ANGELISHappiness is not an acquisition – it is a skill. We do not experience happiness because of what we get. We experience happiness because of how we live each moment.
BARBARA DE ANGELISMen are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.
BARBARA DE ANGELISWe need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
BARBARA DE ANGELISWomen need real moments of solitude and self reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.
BARBARA DE ANGELISYour passion is your true power. The more you discover and express your passion for life, the more irresistible you will become to others.
BARBARA DE ANGELISTo succeed, you have to do something and be very bad at it for a while. You have to look bad before you can look really good.
BARBARA DE ANGELISThe greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship.
BARBARA DE ANGELISLove is the magician of the universe. It creates everything out of nothing.
BARBARA DE ANGELISThey’re basically moments in which you’re in touch with the meaning of life, when your relationship to the rest of the universe makes sense.
BARBARA DE ANGELISLove’s greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
BARBARA DE ANGELISMay all that is not love within us and without be healed. May all that is love within us and without us be revealed. May every day of our lives be lived in love.
BARBARA DE ANGELISwhen your field is architecture, you go visit the great cathedrals of the world. My field was relationships. I got married many times. I was practicing. I didn’t date much; I just would get married. I thought, why waste time?
BARBARA DE ANGELISMarriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day.
BARBARA DE ANGELISTemporary feelings of regret are a normal part of the mourning process. This helps us retrieve our lost dreams. If we hold on to regret, we risk trapping ourselves in a prison of unrealized dreams from which it is difficult to escape.
BARBARA DE ANGELISIt is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to make their life better – all civilizations throughout history have done this. What is unique about us in America is the accelerated rate at which we continually search for novelty and progress.
BARBARA DE ANGELIS