Gratitude opens the door to... the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

If life is fast, live faster.

The human face shines as it speaks of thingsNear itself, thoughts full of dreams.The human face shines like a dark skyAs it speaks of those things that oppress the living

Life is the result of all your choices.

To understand oneself is the classic form of consolation; to elude oneself is the romantic.

Entropy is not about speeds or positions of particles, the way temperature and pressure and volume are, but about our lack of information.

Domination has its own aesthetics, and democratic domination has its democratic aesthetics.

When in sickness, look to the spine first.

Nearly all inmates are drawn from the ranks of the powerless and the poor. A child of privilege frequently receives the benefit of the doubt; a child of poverty seldom does.

The sheer volumes of songs have come from the hours of cold and darkness that one spends inside with the lights on.