Your circumstances do not determine what your life will be; they reveal what kinds of images you have chosen up until now.

Our intention creates our reality.

If you believe it will work out , you'll see opportunities. If you believe it won't you will see obstacles.

Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out, because that's what's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.

If it excites you, if it makes you feel good, it's God speaking to you.

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

On inspection, Gaudi's architecture isn't whimsical at all.

Make connections; let rip; and dance where you can.

Is your inner vampire different from your...outer vampire?" "Definitely. He wants me to wear midriff-baring shirts and a fedora." "So your inner vampire is Magnus?

I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.

Donald Trump said women should be punished, that there should be some form of punishment for women who obtain abortions. And I could just not be more opposed to that kind of thinking.

I imagine how cool it would be if all small talk wasn't lies.

'Oscar Wao' for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening.

I have to say I've made many mistakes, and been humbled many, many times. But you know what? It's never too late to learn.

Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery.

So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.