I believe that ultimately it all comes down to whether we seek conscious contact with God on a daily basis through prayer and meditation.

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

‎"Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.

Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place".

People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

No one is any more or any less important than you are.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

We'll meet at the theater tonight. I'll hold your seat 'til you get there. Once you get there

Desires are only a problem when the means to fulfill them are not available.

I keep coming back to you in my head, but you couldn't know that, and I have no carbons.

Characterization requires a constant back-and-forth between the exterior events of the story and the inner life of the character.

Few people will appreciate the music if I just show them the notes. Most of us need to [hear it].

It's embarrassing that we all just walk through life blindly accepting that scrambled eggs are fundamentally associated with mornings.

Sexual pleasure is not a sin. Nor is it a sacrament. It is your right as a human being to exercise as you see fit. It's amazing that I feel the need to say this, but, given our times, I do.

Love is great, love is fine. Out the box, out of line. The affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more.

I think that the present is worth attention, one shouldn't sacrifice it to future conceptions of, of this future or that future.

Though plunged in ills and exercised in care, Yet never let the noble mind despair.