The ego searches for shortcomings and weaknesses. Love watches for any sign of strength. It sees how far each one has come and not how far he has to go.

How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not now.

Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind.

Today I am determined to go through the day with ought hurting myself, or another, with my thoughts or my actions.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.

Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

Fear and love can never be experienced at the same time. It is always our choice as to which of these emotions we want.

We cannot love when we feel fear. When we release the fearful past and forgive everyone, we will experience total love and oneness with all.

There would be very little to dislike in other people if we refused to bring to them all of our own judgements and petty grievances.

Your attitude is everything, and it determines how you experience every aspect of your life

As a rule of thumb, it was always safer if the Commander-in-Chief formulated a risky plan.

You can't be in my world...You live in this one.

You have to live the mission... love what you do.

Your mom was right when she told you never to discuss politics and religion because emotions run so high in those arenas. Especially religion.

I play video games and watch TV, but there's more to life than that. Faxing and the Internet have created a global community. The kid next door has become the kid in Latin America or Asia.

And then, looking back at my first Olympics, and when the pressure was on, in '94 and '98, and looking back and going, wow. I sensed and felt what Brian had gone through.

I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.

What a man is lies as certainly upon his countenance as in his heart, though none of his acquaintances may be able to read it. The very intercourse with him may have rendered it more difficult.

I got a bunch of people together to talk about doing a lot and decided that I really want to throw my hand in and do as much as I can.

I never knew the media would be so interested in my personal life.