We have converted our wounds into a type of relationship currency that we use in order to control situations and people.

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.

Develop the muscles for hard work and never be an early quitter.

Virtue makes for a cold bed.

Count your blessings, not your misfortunes, for your blessings will be the light of hope, in the dark of hopelessness.

I wanted to be an architect. I used to draw houses and buildings and construct buildings on my own.

In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can't replace the magic of four people in a room playing.

It would be difficult to do art without music (music subsidises the art).

We need to realise we are Europeans before we belong to a region or a Nation.

Exceptional thinkers ignore their critics and go about their business making history.

It's only water," she said. "Tell that to a drowning man," Giddon said.

There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen.