I get lots of awards for being mentally ill. Apparently, I am better at being mentally ill than almost anything else I've ever done. Seriously - I have a shelf of awards for being bipolar.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.

If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.

My heart's in the right place. I know, 'cuz I hid it there.

Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It's a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life.

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."

You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.

The older you get, the easier it is to spot the phonies. And I just think, how unpleasant for them.

Perhaps he has confused making money with freedom.

People often mistake their imagination for their heart, & so often are convinced they are converted as soon as they start thinking of becoming converted.

In the long run one gets used to anything.

The duality of positive and negative becomes subsumed in Oneness. There are no opposites in the totality and absolute perfection of the Oneness that we know as Divine.

Bound as our lives are to the tyranny of time, it is through what we know of history that we are delivered from our bonds and escape - into time.

I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly as possible.

They kind of go hand-in-hand. Following your motivation, resting when you need to rest, and going for it when you feel inspired.

The chief source of man's inhumanity to man seems to be the tribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men.

So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.

The only preparation for prospering in the global economy is investing in ourselves.