Get a backbone, not a wishbone.

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind

Just let go. Let go of how you thought your life should be, and embrace the life that is trying to work its way into your consciousness.

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful.

Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering.

By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.

Grant me the grace to dissolve my negative thoughts about myself today. I breathe the grace of kindness into my heart. And may the grace of healing flow abundantly to every one in need of help.

Never blame another person for your personal choices - you are still the one who must live out the consequences of your choices.

You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless.

There is no such thing as a simple act of compassion or an inconsequential act of service. Everything we do for another person has infinite consequences.

Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity. Every kind of action we do for someone is a reanimation of our own life force - and of the other person's.

I don't know the beginnings and the end of all things? But apparently most people do.

Everyone, when there's war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.

No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along.

Trust me--with women worth the being won, The softest lover ever best succeeds.

White people who are doing this work need to make their stories known to serve as guides for others.

Together we have come to realize that for most men the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school.

Life was a fool's errand, carrying news to the worms.

You never take your fans for granted. You always appreciate them every show, night in, night out.

If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the hopes of men the world over.

I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players