Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.

Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul

Think about it: it is easy to see God's beauty in a glorious sunset or in ocean waves crashing on a beach. But can you find the holiness in a struggle for life?

We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.

What cannot be achieved in one lifetime will happen when one lifetime is joined to another.

In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office

Why bad things happen to good people

When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.

God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.

I said in an interview at the time that God's job is not to make sick people healthy. That's the doctors' job. God's job is to make sick people brave.

Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.

There is no virtue in poverty and illness. we all have been created to be healthy and wealthy with more than enough for everyone.

The first step to solving your problem is admitting that you have one.

There are two kinds of solar-heat systems: passive systems collect the sunlight that hits your home, and active systems collect the sunlight that hits your neighbors' homes, too.

In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.

It is contrary to the worship that is in contentedness.

One of the most rebellious things a woman can do is allow people to think she’s mean.

I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.

Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state.

If you want to cure boredom, be curious. If you're curious, nothing is a chore; it's automatic - you want to study. Cultivate curiosity, and life becomes an unending study of joy.