One atom is as purposeful as our planet. What is in one is in the whole.

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind

Just let go. Let go of how you thought your life should be, and embrace the life that is trying to work its way into your consciousness.

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful.

Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering.

By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.

Grant me the grace to dissolve my negative thoughts about myself today. I breathe the grace of kindness into my heart. And may the grace of healing flow abundantly to every one in need of help.

Never blame another person for your personal choices - you are still the one who must live out the consequences of your choices.

You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless.

There is no such thing as a simple act of compassion or an inconsequential act of service. Everything we do for another person has infinite consequences.

Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity. Every kind of action we do for someone is a reanimation of our own life force - and of the other person's.

We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It was like wind and sunlight. It blew all the cobwebs away.

There are three characteristics of wisdom: knowledge, experience and patience.

All that two lovers want, is to be one with the other in a moment of ecstasy.

Bewildered as he might be, sometimes a man's highest calling is simply to stand, and hug.

We make our own choices, and then we present the matter to the Lord and get his approving, ratifying seal.

Why do waiting rooms have to be so ominous?

My responsibility in the past, when I was sleeping outside every night, was just to survive. My responsibility now is to stay real, stay grounded, and just tell the truth.

Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can't bother about where they're going.

The word is a bouncing ball The ruler throws from his balcony. The word has been a shot of morphine. Rulers calm their people with speeches.

The fossil record contains no trace of these preliminary stages in the development of many-celled organisms.