All things show up in the world according to the purposes we ascribe to them.

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.

Rain on your body burned my heart. (Pluie sur ton corps - Brûla mon coeur.)

To change someone's mind, requires only that you speak a more compelling narrative about their situation than their current one.

If you get validation from outside, then suddenly everything you do at home is justified.

The reason that I like SF and fantasy and horror is that to me it's the pulp wing of surrealism. That's the aesthetic of undermining and creative alienation that I really go for.

I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent.

It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.

You can't be too influenced by a great poet. You simply have to live through it.

I love dressing for the winter - especially in baggy chunky cardigans.

I lived on rum, I tell you. It's been meat and drink, and man and wife, to me.

Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you.