A person acting from a motivation of contribution and service rises to such a level of moral authority that worldly success is a natural result.

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

‎"Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.

Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place".

People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

No one is any more or any less important than you are.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

Sometimes I wished I could cut away old memories and let the wind take them. If a sharp knife could pare away the weakness of those days, I would slice until nothing but the hard lessons remained.

Embarrassing facts, those would really help our children remember their classroom lessons better.

Do you wish to make of your enemy a friend? Then become a friend to your enemy.

The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.

I study children, and they're my subjects in my studies. They're my colleagues, really, all these little kids. And I owe them.

We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. We need as much something to suffer for as something to live for.

I cannot live without art: it excites me, it challenges me, and it leads me to the next thing.

Stalking the girls' softball team again?

I distrust all television doctors.

I certainly never get above my station - my family would soon slap me back down to earth.