The pain and suffering that comes to us has a purpose in our lives-it is trying to teach us something. We should look for its lesson.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.

Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

Ultimate peace begins within; when we find peace within there will be no more conflict, nor more occasion for war.

When love fills your life all limitations are gone. The medicine this sick world needs so badly is love.

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens.

A life without problems would be a barren existence, without the opportunity for spiritual growth.

Live according to your highest light and more light will be given.

It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.

I am now almost certain that we need more radiation for better health.

For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us.

Writing is an act of empathy. You are occupying and understanding a point of view that might be alien to your own--and work is often the keyhole through which you peer.

When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?

I suppose I had always been an unconscious suffragist. With my temperament and my surroundings, I could scarcely have been otherwise.

When you start acting as a child, you grow up ahead of your movies.

I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.

I've always said it's important to take advice from people who have what you want because otherwise, people are just guessing.

In fiction 'issues' are accidental, sometimes incidental. The place and the people it creates are paramount.