When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

Southern DADDY—Dandy At Doin’ Diapers Y’all!

To be motivated by divine love is for everything to be possible

We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.

Find the stories that unite us

Bill Murray is on the show tonight. Next week I'll be Goggling 'foods that improve prostate health.'

When blame inevitably arises, the most senior people in the room should repeat this mantra: if a mistake happens, shame on us for making it so easy to make that mistake.

I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time.

Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader.

In the culture of pluralism...the only thing that cannot be tolerated is a claim to exclusivity.

Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.