In general, if a couple cannot expand their original rules and boundaries to accommodate personal growth, the relationship disintegrates.

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind

Just let go. Let go of how you thought your life should be, and embrace the life that is trying to work its way into your consciousness.

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful.

Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering.

By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.

Grant me the grace to dissolve my negative thoughts about myself today. I breathe the grace of kindness into my heart. And may the grace of healing flow abundantly to every one in need of help.

Never blame another person for your personal choices - you are still the one who must live out the consequences of your choices.

You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless.

There is no such thing as a simple act of compassion or an inconsequential act of service. Everything we do for another person has infinite consequences.

Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity. Every kind of action we do for someone is a reanimation of our own life force - and of the other person's.

Since truth is often stranger than fiction, fiction needs to be pretty weird.

Love sweetens pain; and when one loves God, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage.

There are two forms of populism, left-wing populism and right-wing populism. Right-wing populism requires the denigration of an "Other." Left-wing populism tends to be about the haves and have-nots.

Guys have a level of insecurity and vulnerability that's exponentially bigger than you think. With the primal urge to be alpha comes extreme heartbreak. The harder we fight, the harder we fall.

Auditioning is always so different for different things.

If God is in a life, it doesn't have to be big to be happy and to be important in His kingdom.

We have an infinite number of reasons to be happy, and a serious responsibility not be serious.

I really do believe that people surprise you. And one of the powerful things about novels is that they're about characters, and those characters live their lives.

I have died so little today, friend, forgive me.

O the world is but a word; were it all yours to give it in a breath, how quickly were it gone!