We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Literature is that which denounces and slashes apart the repressing machine at the level of the signified.

Often the experiences that challenge us the most are the ones that harbor the greatest gift.

Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way for all those who see you.

I had many clients who didn't respect me, probably because of how they were raised. We're all the walking wounded.

I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.

I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.

The mute grain turns to love songs when swallowed by the nightingale.

I didn't realize that television has gone through immense changes and has become very progressive.

I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.

I don't worry much about whether or not one of my stories contains elements of the supernatural. If I come up with what I think is a nifty concept, I'll give it a whirl.