It is astounding what power being kind, mannered, polite and considerate has in transforming your life.

Start the daily practice of joyful living.

Life wants you to thrive in the domain of your own unique creative vision for your yourself.

Every symbol, word, concept, discipline and field is only a temporary rest stop on the highway of discovery.

If you try to hold people to your standard of conduct you will go mad with disappointment and grief.

When you reach out to those you need to forgive, it is you that will be touched and healed.

Some of the most amazing people in the world were not perfect; they were scarred by suffering, hardships, losses and imperfections.

Taking personal responsibility is not about being “responsible” — it is about seeing your truth and evolving.

You are moving forward one way or another.

We must each achieve greater individual consciousness and self-knowledge, and project mindful kindness toward everything and everyone.

If you can’t be who you really are then what is life but an unbearable lie?

Quit trying so hard and sit quietly with yourself and you will see that there are no demands within you.

When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free.

The subtle whispers, cues and nudges are there as guideposts, to gently carry the humble listener along the path back to the source and the true self.

Rather than communicating blame communicate your standards for proper future treatment.

Life wants you to have gratitude for the gift of living. Treasure every second.

The transformation of the world takes place in your heart.

Quit waiting for others to give to you; it is not going to happen.

If you live with values for yourself, then you become of great value to all who know you.

Once you transcend the illusions you will discover that — you — are the most thrilling experience you will ever have.

Praise first the mighty blessing of yourself!

The truth is that the world doesn’t have much use or respect for “do nothing” people. Can you really blame them?

All talk and all chatter is the false self.

We need to begin to see hyper-masculinity as the disorder it is, and not as a strength.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

If this is a smart world then I want to be stupid.

Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.

You cannot avoid what you fear because what you fear is inside of you.

You will be a different person after the storm, because the storm will heal you from your perfection.

Success is not only in the hand; it is in the heart.

When someone is hard on you it may have very little to do with you.

Learn to resist but do not be un-moveable in your resistance. Resist like the water.

Some people run from pain their whole lives, and what pain they do not digest they inflict upon others.

Be beautiful and you are doing your part to create a more beautiful world.

I am hopeful because love overflows from my heart. Gratitude for beauty and life leads my way.

America has a unique type of slavery that looks like freedom.

Monoculture wants you to forget that the joy of life is in the community of the village, where you can touch, taste, smell, feel and experience a motley potpourri of cultural vicissitudes.

Changing yourself changes everything.

Your suffering is there to inspect you and perfect you. We are made complete by our pain.

The pain of humanity’s most maltreated victims echoes deep within each of us, in the form of our shame or ignorance.

Too much aggression and work will move what you desire further away.

Extreme nationalism objectifies and dehumanizes those from other countries.

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Modern society, the political body, the legal and judiciary system, the state of governance, capitalism and the very fabric of the society itself, including our religions and so-called morals and values, are institutions steeped in...

A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.

God loves a prayer of action.

If you are not on your path of purpose, you will only have misery in your life.

Something is reflecting our thoughts back to us in obvious and not so obvious ways.

If you cannot be open-minded, then you do not possess your ideas, your ideas possess you.

Real humility knows how to slam a door closed and say no more. You can’t be humble without self-love.