External circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances.

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.

I knew that just because people on the outside were free and clean, it didn’t mean they were the good ones.

There can be no peace of mind in love since the advantage one has secured is never anything by a fresh starting-point for further desires.

It's not our church; it's God's - it's not our responsibility to run it!

Your trouble comes from years of wearing the wrong kind of shoes. - Jake Wexler

Nothing ever changes as far as Westerns are concerned. They are the same today as they were years ago.

In time and with water, everything changes.

There were people I know that got upset that I kiss people. I kiss them for luck and love, that's all. That's what my mother did to me.

Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method.

The most treasured asset in investment management is a steady hand at the tiller.

Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.