The most formidable thing standing between your dreams and you

You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.

Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?

The maker of the stars would rather die for you than live without you. And that is a fact. So if you need to brag, brag about that.

I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.

Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?

...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.

That is one of the reasons why a man should pick a path with heart, so that he can find his laughter.

Nothing is sweeter and addictive than power, the unlucky soul this demon possesses, if he is not sacrificed on its altar will sacrifice others himself to get it

Your desire to advise other people, grows in line with your perception...that assumes you're wiser than them.

The fact that he gave her was to him a proof, and ought to be one for her as well that she belonged to him: one can only give what belongs to you.

As I think about the future, I'm back where most people live their lives. Which is, death is not imminent, and that's different.

I still do a bit of this and a bit of that. Some brews and there's nothing wrong with a bud or two!

There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and quit playing when I was 40, so it's kind of in my blood.

It is very easy to point fingers at others sitting at home, but very difficult to play the game.

The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness.

I believe in Christianity, Judaism and Islamism, but I stay away from churches, synagogues and mosques.

Dream, rather than let yourself be dreamt