Alanis Morissette Quotes

Music helps you find the truths you must bring into the rest of your life.

When I pray, I'm just talking to what some people might call our higher selves: God, myself, my intuition, my heart. Whatever that is, that's where I go.

Running has made being depressed impossible. If I'm going through something emotional and just go outside for a run, you can rest assured I'll come back with clarity.

Life has a funny way of helping you out when you think that everything's gone wrong.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

the truth of who we are is innate goodness, and the whole journey is really about removing any obstacle or false belief that keeps us from knowing that

We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.

Once I know who I'm not, then I'll know who I am.

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.

When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.

A feeling is not bottomless. once felt all the way through,a great peace greets you there

In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement.

Being a sensitive empath is a beautiful thing as an artist, and it fosters a deep burning curiosity about why we do the things we do.

Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with people, fame will magnify it.

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

I sabotage myself for fear of what my bigness could do.

Stay and respond and expand and include and allow and forgive and enjoy and evolve and discern and inquire and accept and admit and divulge and open and reach out and speak up, this is utopia.

I think quite spiritually of myself. I feel like I'm here to support the human evolution.

I'm sorry to myself, for treating me worse than I would anybody else.

I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

Some of the most beautiful things that have happened to me in my life have been things that I couldn't explain.

A brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.

We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.

It's like ten thousand spoons, when all you need is a knife.