The teenage years are years of great chaos and confusion in your lives, but also a time of seeking a deeper meaning.

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.

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Strains of music spring up, crystallizing in the night air like rain turning suddenly to snow, drifting to earth.

Only those who are able to adapt to changing scenarios will continue to survive and prosper. Success is directly proportional to the degree of positive adaptation to change.

Who would have thought that a means of communication limited to 140 characters would ever create misunderstanding.

The sea stood up before him, foaming, torn by lightning bolts, opening terrifying mouths that gobbled up the dense, hard black rains unleashed by the sky like hate.

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.

I was never in a mental institution for a long time. I was in psych wards.

I get way down in the music / Down inside the music.

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation.

As a ballplayer, you just want to feel respected. I like the way Washington presented the team to me and I feel good about what was being said.