Little stones that are pelted into the lake of consciousness should not throw the whole lake into commotion.

If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.

Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world

Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.

I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.

Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.

No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit

It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.

Having lots of money while not having inner peace is like dying of thirst while bathing in the ocean.

Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.

If coffee were like dreams, then I would be wired in constant bliss, never needing sleep to live out my dreams.

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

You are what you repeatedly do

Trust is a two way street. If your government does not trust you, how can you trust your government?

Why, oh why, had Jace picked a fight with a pack of wolves? What had possessed him? Then again, it was Jace. He'd pick a fight with a Mack truck if the urge took him. -Clary, pg.40-

Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

Yeah, I did need a lot of breath [to play Margaret Thatcher]. I needed much more breath than I have, after all of my expensive drama school training. I couldn't keep up with her.

I decided to shift my energy and concentration into changing my lifestyle and diet and taking charge of my own illness.

I don't believe in retirement.