Illness sets the stage for the opening of our hearts.

How you react emotionally is a choice in any situation

Spirituality isn't static. It's an evolving optimism that won't let hardship get the best of you.

Trust your intuition. It is the best friend you will ever have.

Remove the emotional and physical clutter from your life so you can soar.

Trying to force things only disturbs your goals. Forcing will not help. Everything happens in its right time.

Your soul mate can turn into your cell mate if the mutual desire for growth isn't there.

Sometimes violence cannot be stopped no matter what we do. But the more peaceful we are, the better chance we have of bringing out the peace in those around us.

Words ride on the energy of tone, its warmth or coldness; think of tone as the music of how words are expressed. You want this music to be soulful, whether you're giving sweet talk or tough love.

The relationship with yourself is the most important relationship you’ll ever have.

Surrender is a state of living in the flow, trusting what is, and being open to serendipity and surprises.

After your daily bread, if you ask God for anything, ask 'him' to make you right in the head.

Real love never fails, never fades, and the greatest expression of it is giving.

Life is sad. People, you know, are going to pass, and you know that you will one day.

I don't want to become a brand and I certainly don't want to have a persona.

One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn’t keep on, you’ll find ‘em. The obstacles are all there; there are a million of ‘em.

We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage.

There's one sure way to stop us from scoring ... give us the ball near the goal line.

Unfortunately, Congress is protecting the profits of those opposed to protecting the planet.

The lifeblood of Christianity is not our persistence in moving toward God but God's persistence in moving toward us.

Men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things.