Miracles happen every day. Not just in remote country villages or at holy sites halfway across the globe, but here, in our own lives.

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.

You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks. You don't have to have it all figured out to move forward.

I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.

Ancient literature is a rich history.

Death wasn't a movie where the pretty star faded away with a touch of pale makeup and every hair in place.

I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.

You don't have to get in or out of a position all at once. Avoid the temptation of wanting to be completely right.

I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to do with what punk is about.

A soul disengaged from the world is a heavenly one; and then are we ready for heaven when our heart is there before us.

Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.

The generality have considered that disease is but a confused and disordered effort in Nature, thrown down from her proper state, and defending herself in vain.