The fear of not getting the reward becomes the fear of rejection. The fear of not being good enough... is what makes us try to change, what makes us create an image.

Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.

We search for everything we believe we don't have, not knowing that everything we are looking for is already inside us. We are born with it.

The real us is pure love, pure light

When you are happy, the people around you are happy, too, and it inspires them to change their own world.

We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.

You are the way you are because that is what you believe about yourself.

Children are born innocent. Before they are domesticated they live in the moment, love without fear, and don't even think about the opinions of others.

When you love without conditions, you the human and you the God, align with the spirit of life moving through you.

Your life is the manifestation of your dream; it is an art. You can change your life anytime if you aren't enjoying the dream.

I consider myself an American African because we did not come by choice.

I'm not trying as a writer to be smart or to understand the inner workings of my narrator, I'm trying to survive the typing of this story.

It does no good to bark at the television, I said. I’ve tried it too. So he stopped.

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

For someone who’s made it clear that her life is superior to every other student’s at this school, you sure make it a habit of pursuing every facet of our boring, worthless lives.

Oregon welcomed me like a beloved child, enfolded me in her cool arms, shushed my turbulent thoughts, and promised peace through her whispering pines.

Freedom lies outside the pattern of society; but to be free of that pattern you have to understand the whole content of it, which is to understand your own mind.

It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.

Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.