This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable even when no one else recognizes that it is present.

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.

Any book that spreads weakness in the heart of one gender, and authoritarianism in the other, must be burnt to ashes.

Some strive to make themselves great. Others help others see and find their own greatness. It's the latter who really enrich the world we live in

I'm trying to picture you growing up with sisters." "I can do a double French braid in less than three minutes and I've bought more tampons than a thirty-one-year-old man should ever admit to.

Sometimes history takes things into its own hands.

I'd hang out at the Borders bookstore until it closed.

God will help you be all you can be, but he will never let you be successful at becoming someone else.

I want to find material that piques my interest, keeps me outside the box and challenges me.

Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.

When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that any great thing has happened to me. But I felt so tiny, so lost.

Winners take imperfect action while losers are still perfecting the plan.