Everything that happens to me is the best possible thing that can happen to me.

The more you engage in any type of emotion or behavior, the greater your desire for it will become.

Who you allow into the circle of your life will make the difference in the quality of your life.

The Zen of doing anything is doing it with a particular concentration of mind, a calmness and simplicity of mind, that brings the experience of enlightenment and, through that experience, happiness.

The moment you make the internal changes necessary to obtain your goal, the outside world changes instantly.

Your life today is the result of a series of decisions you made that have caused you to arrive where you are.

The events that occur in my life are workout situations. They are there for my benefit so I can become strong and gain wisdom and information by working my way through those situations.

The best way for you to get that new experience is to change your response to what happens.

You don't need to be a scientist to know how powerful your imagination is.

You are not alone in your quest to be who you want and have what you want.

What determines each person's state of happiness or unhappiness is not the event itself, but what the event means to that person.

The tendency of the human mind is to see the world with a ‘dualistic’ view that describes everything through comparisons: good and bad, pain and happiness, beauty and ugliness, rich and poor.

Nothing can compare with the time spent with God

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

Making money and doing good in the world are not mutually exclusive.

The cry for love and communion and for recognition that rises from the hearts of people in need reveals the fountain of love in us and our capacity to give life.

Milan. What a beautiful place to die.

I got my first lifetime achievement award years ago, and I was very excited, but then I got a sense of: Well, can one get a second lifetime award?

Now no joy but lacks salt That is not dashed with pain And weariness and fault; I crave the stain Of tears, the aftermark Of almost too much love, The sweet of bitter bark And burning clove.

I've never been without a dog. I've made trips across the country with a dog. I've been in that angst of loneliness, where you're really alone in the universe, except for the dog.