Become aware that you already possess all the inner wisdom, strength, and creativity needed to make your dreams come true.

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.

One of the most important milestones we'll all hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our unique point of view and realize how priceless it is.

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.

Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.

Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.

Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

First we have to understand that we are not the mind! We are identical with neither its bright, nor its dark side!

I grow old learning something new every day.

Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.

Shakespeare also introduces the supernatural into some of his tragedies; he introduces ghosts, and witches who have supernatural knowledge.

Biblical names are hot again.

Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.

I wouldn’t swap Paul Scholes for anybody. He is quite simply the most complete footballer I have ever played with. He is the best.

In the developed world, technological progress means that you can have a situation where there's growth, where there's a way in which everybody can be better off over time.

What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.

I had turned personal validation into my primary source of meaning and value, so that without it I was miserable and depressed.