Reality is always the story of a past, and what I love about the past is—it's over.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

From my writer's workshop, "Know when it's time to put everything you've got on the page. Then, rip open a vein and do it!

No one can be all things, as we all know.

This is a time of great change in the world but America's always been a pillar of strength and a beacon of hope to peoples around the globe and that's what it must continue to be.

The best way to see a country is from the footplate of a locomotive.

It's more important to me to get an e-mail that says, 'I saw your page and it changed my life,' than how many hits the page got.

There's one thing we need above everything else; it's something we don't talk about these days. We need a mighty avalanche of conviction of sin.

Trying to coach kindergarteners in soccer is like trying to herd cats.

It has been said that each generation must win its own struggle to be free. -Robert F. Kennedy

Completely trusting a way that you can't do by yourself, that you do with all sentient beings, is immediate liberation.

Loyalty is not won by being first. It is won by being best.