Whenever we criticize ourselves, we compound the issue.

Giving appreciations, praise, and gratitudes feels good and puts good vibes in the environment.

Good planning is the foundation of success for almost any project. Start by getting clear on your goal.

Being alone in nature is another way to feel the joy of beauty - and oneness with a greater whole.

Along with bathing and eating your veggies, releasing emotions needs to become part of our daily routines.

We have a choice at every moment. We can engage in sadness, anger or fear or we can choose joy, love, and peace.

When you're gripped by anxiety, worry, insomnia, or panic, make yourself shiver, quiver, tremble, and shudder. It seems silly, but it really works.

Releasing the emotional energy and focusing on acceptance dissipates anger and restores balance.

The key to managing fear and life's tasks is to take the time daily to get organized.

Intuition comes from within. It's what you know when you're quiet and still.

Putting our expectations on others is a habit that keeps us feeling frustrated. It diminishes the amount of love we feel.

Heaven is full of answers for which nobody ever bothered to ask.

You don't get to turn someone's sanctuary into an unsafe space.

I stopped rowing for a moment to glug down some water, but it was warm, tasted of plastic, and failed to refresh. I yearned for an ice-cold drink—preferably one with bubbles and alcohol in it.

There's a great space in which this moment takes place. There's a great silence that is listening to the thoughts.

If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again and you can vicariously through a book.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

It was headquartered in Michigan City, a long way off. I never saw Ku Klux Klan march.

If you want to do something, do it!

Honestly, a lot of people thought that I was on top of the world selling so many millions of records, and that this is the life that everybody would want, but I never got to enjoy any of my success.

Mellow nuts have the hardest rind.