Angels are thoughts of God--to pray to an angel is to look to a level of pure thinking, divine thinking, and to ask that it replace our thoughts of fear. (Page 27.)

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

‎"Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs.

Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place".

People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

No one is any more or any less important than you are.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

We are not here to fix, change or belittle another person. We are here to support, forgive and heal one another.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It's hard to tell where reality ends and illusions begins. They blend - then they separate

Death reminds us that life is a temporary privilege, not an endless right.

The family is the focal point of our existence. And up until Jane and Lucy's death, there were always 16 of us together for Christmas.

What are the "maximum" limits of acceptance of the term "intellectual"?

We should learn from the snail: it has devised a home that is both exquisite and functional.

No matter what it is you are cooking, buy the best ingredients you can afford. I don't care if it's a simple salad or Beef Wellington. A quality product stands alone and won't need any dressing up.

In my business, if you look good, no one is going to be checking up on whether you work out. So it's up to me.

[Matt] Lindland looks just like 'Woogie' from 'There's Something About Mary', how am I possibly supposed to take this guy seriously?

Manic depressives have all the luck; they soar between crashes. The best us regular depressives can do is battle our way up to normal every now and then.

My parents split when I was 13. For a youngster, it's quite devastating. One minute you're all happy families, then everything changes.