The important thing is how much consciousness you add to the whole of human existence, for that is how eternity expresses itself.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

You have to go head, even if no one goes with you.

A book with the genuine power to stir and comfort its readers.

Right path will not always look like a right path

Theirs is not to reason why theirs is but to do or die.

When I was 19 I went to art school. I had six months of teaching myself to play baritone ukulele under my belt so I was sort of a novice folkie... I was singing folk songs at that time.

We human beings grow through our failures, not our virtues.

I'm a bad pessimist. I don't think about how successful any record I've ever done is going to do before it came out.

Annabeth’s hand slipped into mine. Under different circumstances I would’ve been embarrassed, but here in the dark I was glad to know where she was. It was about the only thing I was sure of.

You are the cause of your own joy or your own misery. You hold that power. You are your own friend and your own enemy.

Everybody knows how to utter a complaint, but few can express a graceful compliment.