I have never known anyone to win a battle waged against his emotions. When a sentiment hoists his glimmering blade into the air, the battle is lost before it has begun.

But circumstances change. Small causes lead to large effects. New paths are added. And all anyone can do . . . is choose.

My emotions are invisible, untouchable—invincible even—and their power far outweighs my own. And so it seems unfair that for all the little I can do to them, they can do so much to me.

There is power in confronting your fears. In knowing what it is you fear above all, you can prevent it from becoming your reality. There are always choices.

This world owes us nothing. Existence is not indebted to us. Humanity lives under this misconception that we deserve life’s blessings, that we deserve happiness. But in truth, life owes us nothing

The stories books tell transcend those of the characters inked upon their pages. A book discloses far more about the person who reads it.

The worst prisons were not constructed of warped steel and stone. They were carved out of expectations and lies, judgment and corruption.

No force but love can impel one to step willingly into the shadows so that the other may shine.

There are many things in this life one can plan for, anticipate, control, manipulate, but love is not one of them.

When a caterpillar bursts from its cocoon and discovers it has wings, it does not sit idly, hoping to one day turn back. It flies.

At the bottom of freshly dug holes, I bury my problems alongside the waxen seeds.

We live by the power of God.

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

For every God there is a Satan, and because God made all of us godly, there is a Satan in us all.

It takes bravery to recognize where in your life you are your own poison... it takes courage to do something about it.

By undue profundity we perplex and enfeeble thought; and it is possible to make even Venus herself vanish from the firmament by a scrutiny too sustained, too concentrated, or too direct.

Bringing up a child in a loving relationship is the most important thing.

Just as your physical body is composed of tissue, organs, bones, and different parts, so your subtle physical body has many different parts.

The creator of the universe is lining up things in my favour.

Love yourself - Do it now! Don't wait until you get well or lose the weight, or get the new job, or the new relationship.

Listen to the fool's reproach! It is a kingly title!