If you want to know what you were conditioned to believe as a child, look at how you treat yourself now.

Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear.

If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago.

Feeling bad is not a requirement; it’s something we agree to. Cut it loose!

You have been taught that there is something wrong with you and that you are imperfect, but there isn't and you're not.

Do something you fear, NOT to conquer the fear, NOT to accomplish a task, but to familiarize yourself with the processes with which fear protects itself, to demystify it.

Nonacceptance is always suffering, no matter what you are not accepting. Acceptance is always freedom, no matter what you are accepting.

Your definition of who you are is your prison. You can set yourself free at any time.

The voice inside your head is not the voice of god. It just sounds like it thinks it is.

Be just the way you have always been, with this difference: do not believe any of it, and pay close attention to all of it.

It doesn't matter what did or did not happen then. It only matters what happens NOW.

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'

Time cleanses what it touches over time.

I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then.

There's a lot of young guys coming along, but I'd like to say to the various financiers, don't forget the senior guys. The senior guys and gals are there, willing to do their best work for you.

And what is faith, love, virtue unassayed Alone, without exterior help sustained?

Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.

The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational.

I stated at Justice [John] Roberts' hearing, the court's injected itself into many of the political debates of our day.

We are part animal, part human, and part divine, and the moment we forget the possibility of any one of those, we are lost.