The purpose of meditation is to stop thinking for a time, wait for the fog of thought to thin, and glimpse the spirit within.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

She had never known that ice could take on so many shades of blue: sharp lines of indigo like the deepest sea, aquamarine shadows, even the glint of blue-green where the sun struck just so.

but at the end of the day, who I come home to, who I share my accomplishments with is what makes the struggle worth it

Some tragic mistakes are often made by those who acquire the reins of control before their maturity is adequate to handle it.

I read a lot of those Single Girl in New York books, like "Fear of Flying," where you could sort of put yourself, through transference, into the Jewish Girl in New York situation.

Immortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn't believe he is dead

Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.

Till the Future dares Forget the Past, his fate and fame shall be An echo and a light unto eternity!

Life is hard already. Why make it harder?

At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song.

[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.