people are doing the best that they can from their own level of consciousness.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Men may fight the battle, but women wage the war.

A man who discovers his pants are on fire tends to have very little time to worry about somebody else's box of matches

All art requires is courage and the commitment to eat lots of biscuits. D Ellis / 2016

But here's what I've learned in this war in this country in this city: to love the miracle of having been born.

We are so conceited and so unproud.

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

If you want an accounting of your worth, count your friends.

If you recognize that all of your inner hurts are caused by your own wrong actions or your own wrong reactions or your own wrong inaction, then you will stop hurting yourself.

Words are for those with promises to keep.