It takes a lot of energy to dull the soul and not hear its voice

‎In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place.

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.

Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.

As we rise to meet the challenges that are a natural part of living, we awaken to our many undiscovered gifts, to our inner power and our purpose.

Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.

Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.

We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.

Love is the life spring of our existence. The more love you give, the happier you feel and the more love you will have within you to give.

The more we nourish our internal world, the more powerful we grow in the external world.

In every crisis there is a message.

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

What I've become good at is bringing things that aren't necessarily mainstream to the mainstream.

I guess I have a gift for expressing pedestrian tastes. In a way, it's kind of depressing.

No earnest thinker is a plagiarist pure and simple. He will never borrow from others that which he has not already, more or less, thought out for himself.

If everything on earth were rational, nothing would happen.

Decided ends are sure signs of a decided character.

He saved me. He freaking electrocuted himself to save me. I’m gonna be there when he wakes up so I can tell him thanks.

The churches must realize that when they take a position on a political event that they must accept the rules of the game.

The resources of civilization are not yet exhausted.

A gentleman doesn't have one set of manners for the house of a poor man and another for the house of someone with an income incomparable to his own.