You're a prisoner of your own illusions - about yourself and about the world.

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

Life comes at us in waves. We can't predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

There is no path to Happiness. Happiness is the path. There is no path to Love. Love is the path. There is no path to Peace. Peace is the path.

There are no ordinary moments.

You don't have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.

everyone tells you what's good for you. they don't want you to find your own answers. they want you to believe theirs.

A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does

The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time.

Stress happens when your mind resists what is...The only problem in your life is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds.

Live to write. Write to inspire. Inspire to write.

Permaculture is something with a million heads. It's a way of thinking which is already loose, and you can't put a way of thinking back in the box.

The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn't come from having too much to do; it's the automatic result of breaking agreements with yourself.

We have to make America the best place in the world to do business.

Horrible experiences lead us to wonder whether the person who experiences them might not be something horrible.

Valar Morghulis - All men must die.

The best education for a writer, I think, is to read a lot - college can be a good place to do that.

When you're in love you're living, you matter.

Writing is a skill, not a talent, and this difference is important because a skill can be improved by practice.