Being a control freak makes us tense, stressed out, and unpleasant to be with.

How you react emotionally is a choice in any situation

Spirituality isn't static. It's an evolving optimism that won't let hardship get the best of you.

Trust your intuition. It is the best friend you will ever have.

Remove the emotional and physical clutter from your life so you can soar.

Trying to force things only disturbs your goals. Forcing will not help. Everything happens in its right time.

Your soul mate can turn into your cell mate if the mutual desire for growth isn't there.

Sometimes violence cannot be stopped no matter what we do. But the more peaceful we are, the better chance we have of bringing out the peace in those around us.

Words ride on the energy of tone, its warmth or coldness; think of tone as the music of how words are expressed. You want this music to be soulful, whether you're giving sweet talk or tough love.

The relationship with yourself is the most important relationship you’ll ever have.

Surrender is a state of living in the flow, trusting what is, and being open to serendipity and surprises.

He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.

I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.

Whatever you focus upon, increases......When you focus on the things you need, you'll find those needs increasing......A grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.

It's a lovely tribute and fun to read.

But our lives were not as they seemed, were they, Sophia? No one's life ever is.

Look at the whole criminal correction game, which is a big piece of our economy. It's just an invention. Crime is being invented to put people to work.

I'm just inspired by different people, friends around me.

Men fight for freedom; then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves.

I had a chair at every hearth, When no one turned to see, With 'Look at that old fellow there, 'And who may he be?