... reality stands before them, yet they don't see it, because what you call real is just the mirror image of your expectations.

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.

Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.

When you stop inventing reality then you see things as they really are.

We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them.

A huge constituency, such as Hispanics, is not 100 percent Democratic.

Even death itself sometimes fails to bring the dignity and serenity which one would fain associate with old age.

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail.

What are our priorities? First, the welfare, the survival of the people. Then, democratic norms and processes which from time to time we have to suspend.

No dance has ever turned out the way I thought it would, because I trust enough that I can start something with some ideas and then it takes itself somewhere.

The greatest gift that you can give to others and to yourself is time. Embrace the gift of time whether you give it or receive it.

A lot of people think that the music was responsible for a lot of changes in the Sixties, but I think the music came out of it. The music wouldnt have happened without the social changes.