If you have a happy friend, your happiness goes up fifteen times.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Do not allow your inner doubts to keep you from achieving what you can do.

Each of us suffers with envy/for the forgiven.

I do the same with my books...Nothing like a good argument in the margins with someone who's already said all they have to say on the subject.

The main obligation is to amuse yourself.

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion history romance and art would be useless.

Hit it hard, go find it and hit it hard again.

One of the things that's complicated about writing anything is that it's an act of narcissism, and then of course once it sails out into the world, you have to let go of it.

The West has given the world the symphony, and the novel.

There's so much more to Colombia than drug trafficking, you have no idea. They're a bit worn out by the association.

To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.