Darkness is merely the absence of light, and fear is merely the absence of love. If we want to be rid of fear, we cannot fight it but must replace it with love.

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.

Every person struggles with the self to find and kindle their special radiance, which comes from cultivating kindness, charity, and love.

A tale spinner's goal is entertainment.

America's present need is not heroics but healing not nostrums but normalcy not revolution but restoration.

I've always been interested in writing from other people's perspectives and other gender perspectives.

If you go into a relationship when you're 16, you've got no baggage.

If hell comes as a result of my speaking the truth, then let it come.

And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly.

Why is composing symphonies tough? I don't know. It's just very few people in the world can do it well. And I think that's the case with upfront design. It is very hard to do well.

Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God’s idea of what He wants to do for me.

Realism is a corruption of reality.