I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no death the way we understood it. The body dies, but not the soul.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

Death is but a transition from this life to another existence where there is no more pain and anguish. All the bitterness and disagreements will vanish, and the only thing that lives forever is love.

There is within each one of us a potential for goodness beyond our imagining; for giving which seeks no reward; for listening without judgment; for loving unconditionally.

We think sometimes we're only drawn to the good, but we're actually drawn to the authentic. We like people who are real more than those who hide their true selves under layers of artificial niceties

When life puts you through a tumbler, it's your choice whether you come out polished or crushed.

I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.

You are not a powerless speck of dust drifting around in the wind...we are, each of us, like beautiful snowflakes-unique, and born for a specific reason and purpose.

Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever.

Opportunity has got numerous appointments to keep, so it can't be held to ransom at your doorstep. Just a knock is enough for a man who is alert and expectant!

Giving yourself is the ultimate revolution.

Even the superstars need to be coached once in awhile.

I escaped the torture of my childhood home by reading. To this day it is still one of my greatest pleasures.

Progress not perfection... you can't be perfect everything... but you can gain progress on a daily basis.

You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.

I wonder about economic sanctions, though, since that is a way that states engage in boycotts against one another.

Taking photos is a form of collecting.

I circumnavigate the globe with a one-liner like latitude.

Suspicion is very often a useless pain.