We make our own world by the way in which we think; for we really do live in a world of our own thoughts.

Whenever you are afraid of something you are worshipping it. Whatever you fear, you bow down to and give it power.

You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought.

The story of your life is really the story of the relations between yourself and God.

It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life.

The great difference between the two feelings is that love is always creative, and fear is always destructive.

To be afraid is to have more faith in evil than in God.

Look where you are going because you will inevitably go where you are looking.

Most people who have a problem concentrate on the problem. They take it to bed with them and stay awake all night thinking it over. Let go of that problem. Rise above it in consciousness.

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.

Claim your divine, glorious selfhood. Think it, talk it, live it and it will demonstrate itself in your life.

True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live

The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.

Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving, you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead.

As hard as I try to live with some degree of faith in my life, I just can't believe that the full moon can turn dude into a wolf.

It isn't useful to curse the darkness; instead light your candle and let your light shine.

Any good actor is a character actor.

President Kennedy was a voracious reader and was forever coming up with fascinating bits of information.

The first spoken word poem I ever wrote was when I was 14 and I wrote it because I was accidentally signed up for a teen poetry slam. Because I loved poetry I said that I'd try it out.

Unlike memory, which confirms and reinforces itself, history contributes to the disenchantment of the world.

Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.