To be at peace in any endeavour, we must release our need to control the outcome.

Our greatest natural resources are our hearts and minds, together with those of the people around us.

Any group has a sense of who it is and what is values, but this sense often remains beneath the surface. A wise leader can discern these unspoken beliefs and articulate them.

Gardening can become a spiritual exercise, teaching us discernment as we eliminate the weeds from our lives, giving what we value room to grow.

Remember the importance of small actions. They're the building blocks in the architecture of your life, the quiet victories you win for yourself each day.

When confronted by conflict and confusion, another practice is to take a deep breath, pause and ask: 'Where is the gift in this?

Regular meditation not only restores our inner harmony and vital energy, but provides us with an actual experience of the peace we seek.

Leaders are not buffeted about by circumstance. They make what is into what might be, transforming challenging situations by means of courage and insight.

When you are able to fill your mind with tranquility and inner peace, this world becomes very peaceful.

When we rely on our own strength, God’s opportunities become inaccessible to us.

Here for example the beautiful silver mirror of a river swells, a boy falls in, the water ripples sweetly around his locks, he sinks - and after a short while the silver mirror swells as before.

In times of turbulence and rapid change, you must constantly be re-evaluating yourself relative to the new realities.

Let's give it up for the Secret Service. I don't want to be too hard on those guys. You know, because they're the only law enforcement agency that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot.

The land of opportunity spawned a whole new breed of men without souls.

In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble.

Yes! I'm the slowest comic-book writer on Earth.

A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat.

He that wants money, means, and content is without three good friends.