The past is as powerless to darken the present moment as is a shadow to reach up and drag down the form that casts it.

You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.

Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.

Love is effortless attention.

The greatest power you possess in life is your understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose.

Life isn't a race to win, it's a school for our higher education.

Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.

The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.

We are not here on earth to change our destiny, but to fulfill it.

Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.

Knowledge without Spirit is like finding yourself on a cold night with all the wood in the world and no flame to ignite it.

Every little bit of peace I bring someone is worth the peace I never had.

How could it be that I wanted those scary narrow streets and books and coffee shops for her so much more than she wanted them for herself?

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.

There is still nothing like equality for women in jobs, in family. There's just an awareness that inequality is not acceptable.

Most people don't need to be taught, they need only to be reminded

Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world, the mottos of which are: 'To take is more blessed than to give'; 'buy cheap and sell dear'; 'one soiled hand washes the other.

it has been long and justly remarked, that folly has ever sought alliance with beauty.

The Bible urges us to be respectful to all people, especially people with whom we have disagreements, to never libel people, to never label people.

Integrity is not what you APPEAR to be when all eyes are on you. It is who you ARE when no one is looking.

I don't think I have a superiority complex. I have a "you're not Thom Yorke" complex.