Think of one person who you are tempted for any reason to withhold love from, and pray for their happiness. In that moment your pain will stop.

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

‎"Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.

Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place".

People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

No one is any more or any less important than you are.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

No one can take credit for inspiration or creativity.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity but in being uninteresting.

There are a lot of theories about Shakespeare.

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation... they do not want to attract attention.

By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it.

There are some men whose only mission among others is to act as intermediaries; one crosses them like bridges and keeps going.

I think any time you've got a story based on a true story, no matter how accurate it is, obviously it's still fictitious.

I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing.

Quality is not an absolute measure. It doesn't mean 'deluxeness' or 'perfection'. It means keeping the promise the customer wants you to make.

The coaches who win are the ones who can motivate their players. Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.