The world in which you live is not primarily determined by outward conditions and circumstances but by the thoughts that habitually occupy your mind.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it. Positive thinking is a form of thought which habitually looks for the best results from the worst conditions

Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.

If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast." ~

You have a choice everyday... You can choose every morning whether you will be depressed and miserable, or whether you will be happy.

Humankind has always had access to Shadow -- dreams, nightmares, legends, inspiration, Humanity taps into Shadow every day. And when we die, we pass into Twilight.

It was a pity thoughts always ran the easiest way, like water in old ditches.

So long as we think dugout canoes are the only possibility-all that is real or can be real-we will never see the ship we will never feel the free wind blow.

If you like books with happy endings then put this book down immediately.

My object is to mystify and entertain. I wouldn't deceive you for the world.

I wear a mezuzah just to remind me, just to make sure that there is never another holocaust anywhere.

Taking pictures is like panning for gold. You do it again and again, and sometimes you find a nugget.

We must always take risks. That is our destiny.

You can't be perfect, so enjoy your imperfections.

If you don't like your situation in life, don't fret or worry--do something about it. Worry less, and act more.