The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness not to stop your progress.

The road to success is always under construction.

I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count!

If you're not comfortable enough with yourself or with your own truth when entering a relationship, then you're not ready for that relationship.

It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in the world. It is these two blessed things that can begin to heal all broken hearts.

When you say "I" and "my" too much, you lose the capacity to understand the "we" and "our".

Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.

At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.

You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.

It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.

How unjust then to meet that person you love, and be kept away from them only because ones bed is made of hay, and the other, feathers.

If the universe is movement, it will not be in one direction only. We think of our lives as linear but it is the spin of the earth that allows us to observe time. Walk with me.

This two-track plan of nationalism and development (in China) is a historically powerful weapon.

You need to see a bit of hell now and then. That, and great joy.

It is always advantageous to exchange your king's bishop pawn for the king's pawn, since this leads to the seizure of the centre and, in addition, to the opening of a file for the rook.

We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships.

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

Pulling off a zebra-print dress can be challenging for some.

In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.

You want a showman, go see rock 'n' roll bands today. You want to have a shamanistic experience, get psychedelic, then you watch The Doors.