I love being free enough that I can be so intimate with people, and that people are free enough that we can all be intimate with each other!

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

Better the comfort of a lie than the absurdity of the truth.

The world is moving at a slow pace. Each day I get up and I feel the world must have moved ahead far but, unfortunately, it remains at the same point each day.

Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'

My wife says I'm much happier when I'm not a regular on a TV show.

I have long discovered that geologists never read each other's works, and that the only object in writing a book is a proof of earnestness.

American seekers of happiness are in danger of deluding themselves into believing that only one part of the world exists, the part that gladdens their egos.

Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry -- and the world laughs harder.

The greatest thing that will please God is that you maintain an attitude of unshakable joy.

People say I'm America's worst nightmare. I say I'm the American dream.

I want to write songs and play them for people - live.