What other people think of you is not your business. If you start to make that business your business, you will be offended for the rest of your life.

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.

And I go home having lost her love. And write this book.

Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature.

Another possibility is that evolution selected creativity in general as a marker of sexual fitness.

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

Foolishly play with the fires of rumor, only to risk being burned by its treacherous flames.

I'm always doubting because I've been told so much that, you're not the right look or you're not the right sound, and, you know, whether I do jazz or R&B there are always complaints.

Only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions.

I don’t really have a relationship with the guitar; it’s like my slutty lover, whereas I’m married to the piano

The speed of time is 1 hour per hour, no matter what else is going on in the universe.

we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.