There were signs everywhere but none that I could read or even hope to decipher. These multi-lined symbols unhinged my familiar world.

Purpose is the place where happiness resides.

Of all the things I’ve ever done, perhaps none was more difficult than turning away from my beautiful girl and walking away, leaving her there, never to look back. But my friend Tom, my ever-faithful...

Don’t be afraid if life brings more dark to your dream,because a star can’t shine without dark.

This trail is never-changing, it won’t lead you astray. It won’t always be easy to follow and at times it will look too narrow for your paws. Follow it anyway, and you’ll overcome every challenge...

To gain something, be ready to give up something.

Trying is something we do when we think we can’t do something. Even if your doing is not as perfect as you would like, decide to do it, and you will. — Lady Nimrod of...

Perhaps true faith can only be born from the ashes of our own personal hell.

To have more, give moreTo be happy, love more.

Ignore ignorance. The ultimate way to deal with men with ignorant mentality who are ignorance of your purpose on earth is to ignore their ignorance; capitalize on their ignorance and let them appreciate your purpose...

Life is meant to be lived from a Center, a divine Center…Life from the Center is a life of unhurried peace and power. It is simple. It is serene. It is amazing. It is triumphant....

Someone has to be the best; the champion; the winner. Why not you?

We cannot leave, but that does not mean we will stay—stay in the same place in the same system that profits from recycling us at the bottom. We will disrupt it. Build our own space...

During Basic, sometimes you’re so tired you can’t even get up to piss. You’re pushed beyond whatever limits you had set for yourself. You realize that your body can do things that you never imagined....

We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character, so called, are the ones who end up boring us to...

Keep hope alive to be happy.

You are not a burden, an accident, or a mistake. You are meant for amazing things that you can’t even imagine for yourself.

Work will win when wishy washy wishing won’t.

The future of my child is unknown but I have loved him, supported him, and taught him right from wrong. I will continue to do so…

The best way to acquire wisdom is by perceptual realization.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

Shroud of dust now covers the beautiful earth, wonder when we respire in the fresh air of verdure.

Hopes are plants, which need care, love, and irrigation.

This is who the fuck I am.

Behind every wolf in sheep’s clothing is a trail of dead sheep.

He embraced his weirdness, and it was nice.

A day unemployed is like a bagel- even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good…

What he wanted was Megan wanting him… but not needing him. Not vulnerable to him. Sure as help not trying to leave him over and over again… and simply failing.

Why is it the songs all end with the good people winning, but in life they don’t?”They don’t make songs when the good lose,” I muttered. “They make war chants against the bad. So there...

God gave us minds to think with and hearts to thank with. Instead we use our hearts to think about the world as we would like it to have been, and we use our minds...

Non-attachment grounded in faith allows good to return to you.

Failure is not the opposite of success, inaction is.

What do you feel with a hill and view? Do you look for wings locked deep inside you? Do you ask a question, shed a tear, or make a poem? Or do you just see...

Every living object has to change every moment just to live.

You are equipped to change atmospheres. The first one is your own. Rise up. Speak to your mountains and they will fall. Partner with Heaven and see it come to your rescue.

What would you do if you weren’t afraid?

Feeling lonely? Wish you had a special someone to help fill the void? Reconsider your definition of romance, reconnect to your passions and be swept away.

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

Gary Sherman has written a truly insightful and helpful book that will positively change the lives of its readers. Although many books have wise teachings, few have accessible, reliable and transformative practices like this one....

Make today a gift to your future self.

You are spiritual, blessed, and god-like when you have realized that God and all humans are alike.

Jenna, standing in the doorway with her mouth and hand full of shelled pistachios, says, ‘”Real’ is a dirty word in this place’.

I have a sense of exile from thought, a nostalgia of the quiet room and balanced mind. I am a writer, and there comes a time when that which I write has to belong to...

Yesterday is the last day of the past. Tomorrow is brimming with hope, so today is meant to lived large. Enjoy your moments!

If you have life and good health, you have the greatest blessings.

We are not defined by the adversities in our lives, we are defined by how we manage them.

I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

Be according to your possibility.

My chest tightens: seeing him so upset breaks my own heart. ‘Don’t you ever wish you could make that bit go away?” I say, feeling angry at the past. ‘That you could erase those painful...

Art is the essence of life in creative form. If you want to compete, run a damn race. If you truly want to create essence, you need to leave competition out of it. 2014