The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.

Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.

Until we become clear about our own worth and value, we will forever be searching for it in the eyes of others.

The way to encourage people to be accountable is to engage the responsible, accountable, trustworthy part of their brain.

When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.

Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.

As long as we define stress as how some person or situation is making us feel, we will have to change the world around us to find peace of mind.

Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.

Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.

Just as heart is a fountain of unspoken words, the universe is a womb of wonder weird worlds.

The poor who commit murder, rape and robbery are not only not starving, they have far more material things than the word ‘poverty’ suggests.

It is not the enactment, but the observance of laws, that creates the character of a nation.

Galileo called doubt the father of invention; it is certainly the pioneer.

Sometimes I manage to get conditions alleviated, often not.

Free speech includes the right to not speak.

If the Pilgrims had landed in Santa Monica Bay rather than Boston, we'd have six states out here!

You try to hide your emotions, so as not to show weaknesses to others. I believe it's the same for every sportsman.

I'm about going out in the world and noticing stuff, and going home and writing it down, and putting it next to other stuff I've noticed and seeing what happens.

We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.