Guidance requires action, but it does not guarantee safety.

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 always have many roads to travel, but I take the one which leads to you.

But don’t ever let me hear those words leave those beautifully pink lips of yours.” He warned her playfully. “Evo’s just fine.

Winners develop the habit of doing the thing losers don't like to do.

Ninety-nine per cent of opening bands stink.

Handing over a bank note is enough to make a bicycle belong to me, but my entire life is needed to realize this possession.

When we see the bankruptcy, slavery, and vanity of everything else, we can finally say, ‘To die is gain.’

He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.

Rationalization for bad choices will not be effective, but repentance will. Those who repent will be particularly blessed by the Atonement.

Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.

The first chess book that I read was Dufresne's self-tutor, published with Lasker's Common Sense in Chess as an appendix.