There is a deep, peaceful calm in the dawning of a new day.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had.

Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be

No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.

You are the universe experiencing itself.

We see what we believe rather than what we see.

Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence.

A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world of illusion.

Many people never grow up. They stay all their lives with a passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own judgment.

Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.

When you are in love, you are in an aura of aplomb in the midst of adversity.

People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.

I find it more than a little disingenuous to act as if keeping slaves was something that set Thomas Jefferson apart from all mankind.

Ministry to an individual is as mighty an act of God as is ministry to the masses.

It's just exciting to be part of something that is brand-new.

Whenever spring comes to New York I can't stand the suggestion of the land that come blowing over the river from New Jersey and I've got to go. So I went.

I'm not a terrible person, I know that, but sometimes in a relationship, I can be crappy.

What I have always loved most in men is imperfection.

There is no contest between the company that buys the grudging compliance of its work force and the company that enjoys the enterprising participation of its employees

A bigger business is like a cruise ship: There are lots of amenities and you can go a lot further, but it's harder to turn quickly.