You can move beyond the ego's perspective and see reality from the perspective of a higher consciousness.

Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love.

If you don’t take the time to get really clear about exactly what it is you’re trying to accomplish, then you’re forever doomed to spend your life achieving the goals of those who do.

When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn't an option. It's a necessity.

Fear is not your enemy. It is a compass pointing you to the areas where you need to grow.

Thoughts are like seeds. If you want different results in life, you have to figure out which thoughts are capable of growing those results and which aren’t.

If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks.

The most intelligent thing you can possibly do with your life is to grow.

Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally find it's something you're tremendously passionate about.

When you reach the point of becoming independent of external events, you’re truly free.

If you want to achieve some really big and interesting goals, you have to learn to fall in love with hard work.

The spirit of science is not to prejudge, but to give any honest query a fair shake.

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.

Live in the moment. Feel everything you want to feel. And maybe have a couple of drinks if you're nervous, I guess.

Television provides the opportunity for an ongoing story - the opportunity to meld the cast and the characters and a world, and to spend more time there.

Any man who eats dessert is not drinking enough.

If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.

The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.

I write out of gratitude for all the books I have loved over the years.

When I go out, I hope to leave the worst of myself at home.

I'd been broken beyond repair.