Life is the constant opportunity to wake up.

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.

When men are oppressed, it's a tragedy. When women are oppressed, it's tradition.

It is interesting indeed that some people think they are right to force others into believing what they believe.

Whatever God is urging you to clear away cannot begin to be compared to what He ultimately wants to bring you.

Everyone I love I pay.

You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest.

There are more scriptural reasons to oppose homophobia than to oppose homosexuality.

I often think about my Music Man guitars being 100 million percent tailored to my needs as a player and how lucky I am.

As long as there is poverty in this world, no man can be totally rich even if he has a billion dollars.

The personal lives of painters are tragic and inevitable and do not explain the artist. For the artist is his work and no longer human.

Everybody expects that their vote's going to count.