If you’re really spiritual, then you should be totally independent of the good and the bad opinions of the world…you should have faith in yourself.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in love.

...Mrs. Bostwick's face was heavy and lethargic, without any strength or delicacy, and it bore the deep marks of what must have been a habitual dissatisfaction.

Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.

I think hidden underneath a lot of teachers are very sexy women.

Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior

You can exert no influence if you are not susceptible to influence.

Change often makes accepted customs into crimes.

Considering yourself selflessly selfish is a principle of all great thinkers

I don't know if I could ever really be cast in a heartthrob role apart from 'Twilight,' which I didn't really know was a heartthrob role. I really don't feel I am one.

It is by thoughtful reflection that the elusive moments of the past draw near to us in present reality and gain a measure of permanence.