For a thought to manifest on the earth realm, a sacrifice must occur.

We have the power to change voluntarily, and there is something wonderful and awe-inspiring about that power.

When we set a goal we are fulfilling our destiny. Even if we do not reach it, we have changed our lives and the lives of others by attempting to reach it.

Desire creates a starting point. Without it, no magic can be put into action.

If we are to wield great magic, then let us learn from great teachers: the alchemists -- magicians par excellence.

A confident decision makes a lasting goal.

If the goal is what you want to achieve, then the purpose is why you want to achieve it. Without purpose, reaching your goal will have little or no meaning.

Because change creates opportunity, when we do it through purpose and awareness, we are working with the fates, and in turn they smile upon us.

Mother Earth allows us to live and to walk on her surface, not the other way around.

Purpose creates a belief in a higher power, directing you toward your goal on the best path possible.

Buried deep within each one of us lies a treasure. It is our mission in this lifetime to find this treasure, but its exact location is known only by the dragon that guards it.

Failure is the secret to success because doing it wrong is apart of doing it right.

If it was my lot that I should have him for only a little while, then have him I would.

Cheapskates...are too self-confident - and frankly too smart - to spend money on things they don't need and probably don't even want, simply to impress others or just because they can.

Thank you Earth for I've never known a better friend

Sometimes writing is just rubbing words together long enough to make a fire.

If you eliminate what no longer works, you illuminate what does.

I'm right at a time when I'm strongly finding my identity inside of my work.

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.

It just feels like Erwin and me... even at night I don't feel I have to look pretty in bed.

Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation.