Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals.

Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.

If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.

Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world.

Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.

Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

Every day brings new choices.

If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don't do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.

When we look back at life we realize no true moment defined us, but in fact the events leading up to that moment.

Negative people can only infest you with discouragements when they find you around... Just get lost and get saved!

When you see a person who has been given more than you in money and beauty, then look to those who have been given less.

Success should stem from entrepreneurial creativity, not political connectivity.

A sense of duty - you only really get this feeling when you have a child. You always only used to be responsible for yourself and then there is also a child.

the buddhists say there are 149 ways to god. i'm not looking for god, only for myself, and that is far more complicated.

Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?

Whatever religion we are, we must pray together.

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.