Every mind deserves to be free.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

Making a lie complicated... doesn't sound true.(BackStrom Season 1 episode 7)

In politics, nothing good ever comes from the unexpected.

The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.

My Christmases have always just been very simple and about family.

Spiritual partnership is the partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth.

I don't know why, but life is usually more complicated than the plans that we make.

He's bad, bad Leroy Brown, baddest dude in the whole damn town, badder than old King Kong, and meaner than a junk yard dog.

Food became, for dinner parties in the sixties, what abstract expressionism had been in the fifties.

We are trying to reinvigorate our stagnant energy sector, to create avenues for new wealth. Clean energy innovation, job creation and energy independence should be common ground for all Americans.

If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.