Unnecessary bureaucracy hinders creativity, growth, justice and the attainment of peace.

Loneliness is something that finds us all when we think about it and when we’re by ourselves when we don’t want to be. It creeps up when we desperately feel like we need someone special...

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

Love everyone, especially the person who hates you the most.

We do not yet trust the unknown power of thoughts

Some people deliberately wrap themselves in a cloak of negativity. This is meant to insulate themselves from the guilt of not trying and not caring. They then go on to market this as a sign...

[Grace talking to Billy.] “It’s like people who want to feel only happy but not sad,” she said. “It never works. You either feel things or you don’t. You don’t get to pick and choose....

The future begins when we tear down the walls that keep us in the past. We must be thankful for those who walked through the pain and helped us to see the way out.

It’s a good thing to see that people can heal after they’ve been broken, that they can change and become something different from what they were before.

Fear was the worst evil ever to plague a man, for with it came hesitation and with that, inaction, failure, death.

What makes the desert beautiful,’ said the little prince, ‘is that somewhere it hides a well…

You are my garland of love. I am your reflection of love.

Dreams have a way of persisting. They just don’t come true until you DO what you CAN.

The only means by which one could attain complete happiness is to avoid living in constant expectation of it. It’s the expectation that causes our unhappiness and consequent bitterness about life

The sum of a man isn’t the things he’s done, it is the world he leaves behind.

There is nothing like feeling truly “awake” and aware of my life and what it means to me. So I look ahead and think, “There is still so much to be done, and I will...

Mastery of self is the endless battle in which we must pursue our consciousness straight forward, and head over heels transmute all our focus on what it is ailing our immediate reality. Question yourself without...

God always gives his best to those who leave the choice with him

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration...

You cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair.

Sigh like the wind–open your arms, your chest, your heart–and all creatures will hum to you.

Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it. Polly B. Berends

God always has a plan. This isn’t his fault. This is a test, something designed to help you grow closer to God. And. I know, somehow, God will use it.

Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.

When I was alive, I believed — as you do — that time was at least as real and solid as myself, and probably more so. I said ‘one o’clock’ as though I could see...

Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together.

People spend their time so focused on the negativity they become negative.

No matter where you are, you are connected to me by a bridge and that is our love.

Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature.

What will always be better than a man, is a Gentleman.

Tangerine tango was still in. Cardigans without buttons were in. Bahia bands were in. Senhor do Bonfim. Make a wish? But hardly anyone considered the most radical move: be yourself. Beauty is always a revolutionary...

I am forever grateful for not knowing—What would have been. WHAT WILL BE holds none of those bittersweet pangs and it is lit w joy.

When we are unable to change an event that has already been written in the stars, we are always presented the opportunity to surrender to the heart and find a new pathway to peace. Understanding...

… But if I spend [all] my time *reading* about adventures, I won’t actually be *having* them.

Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.

Scars show us where we have been, they do not dictate where we are going.

Help those who need it, not who want it.

Constantly seeking approval means you’re perpetually worried that others are forming negative judgments of you. This steals the fun, ingenuity, and spontaneity from your life. Flip the switch on this habit. If you’re lucky enough...

It is always safe to see yourself truthfully. You never have to be ashamed of yourself, with yourself.

Your Real Self is the permanent atom of your identity, the rock of ages that remains unmoved by the restless tides of life.

For the length of time it takes to write a book, you need to believe that you’re the only writer in existence; the only one who matters. You need to shut yourself away and allow...

Money will make me happy”So in 30 years I will tell my childrenthey are not the most important thing in my lifeMy employer will know thatI have my priorities straight becauseworkis more important thanfamilyI tell...

Every day is a new beginning, the building of a habit. Every action is a step in some direction. There is no pause in living.

My mind does not change with the rising and setting of a few suns

No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today. What are you going to create?

God is not afraid of pain. He does not try to keep us from it. He does not avoid it for Himself.

Never put off for tomorrow what is meant for today…tomorrow may never come.

She craves men but women are her most abiding lovers. Her friends are her soul mates, all the love without the consumption of sex and romance, a different kind of intimacy. Women make love by...

Made to observe the vastness of our world, the greater breadth and depth of stars unfurled, the mind can grasp an order and a plan and ponder the deep question, “Who is man?

Fiction though it is a fiction, should be written in a way that it feels like a reality, a reality every reader willingly or sometimes unwillingly goes through, until the reader finishes reading and sometimes...