It's our nature to be free, and until we're stuck in a stressful belief system, we're pretty happy.

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.

Reading centers on finding yourself in a book. -- Sherman Alexie

You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.

Send these the homeless tempest toss'd to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

We all, to some degree, wish we could have some element of our childhood back again while, for kids, moving on is something they're worried about. They know it's going to happen at some point.

Importunate praying is the earnest inward movement of the heart toward God.

How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time.

I cannot invest the way I want the world to be; I have to invest the way the world is.

Goodnight world. While I sleep, I hope you'll all continue to do whatever it is you do. Unless you murder sleeping authors. Don't do that.

God sends people into our lives just when we need them, to say the right word, His word, just when we need it.

With every breath, the possibility of a new aspect of self arises.