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Today, most Americans are too cynical, or tired, or both, to even approximate our Founders' courageous repudiation of injustice.
By bringing the past into the present, we create a future just like the past. By letting the past go, we make room for miracles.
Ultimately, my daughter is not going to learn from what I do, not from what I say. For better or for worse. I see that everyday.
The spiritual path - is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don't know it.
Forgiveness is the key to inner peace because it is the mental technique by which our thoughts are transformed from fear to love.
Your life has purpose as long as you dedicate it to love. It's not what we do but who we are that forms our biggest contribution.
The concept of a divine, or 'Christ'-mind, is the idea that, at our core, we are not just identical, but actually the same being.
I think every writer lives for the thought that there will be a moment when somebody reads something on the page and says, "Yes!"
A real leader is not the top dog who merely shouts down orders. a leader is one who holds the space for the brilliance of others.
Miracles arise from conviction. Be convicted about these things: Miracles can happen. Miracles do happen. Love makes them happen.
The spiritual journey has to do with learning to think more deeply and take as long a time as we need. That's the path to wisdom.
Don't be concerned that things appear to be falling apart: this has to happen in order for something new and wonderful to emerge.
I believe there is an evolutionary impulse toward good that is etched on every human heart. It is placed there by the hand of God.
God gives us His strength by giving us His vision of things. Our seeing people as innocent is the only way to achieve God’s peace.
The secret of success is to realize that the crisis on our planet is much larger than just deciding what to do with your own life.
Anyone who is speaking of a greater compassion, a greater humanitarian concern, is a leader paving the path we all need to follow.
Thought is cause: experience is effect. If you don't like the effects in your life, you have to change the nature of your thinking.
Tragedy takes us to the very state of consciousness which, were we to hold to it, would go far toward preventing further tragedies.
Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty.
In 'Healing the Soul of America,' I wrote about Gandhi's notion of soul force in politics and why it matters to stand on your truth.
Once the light of our awareness is cast on any darkness, then it cannot hide and it cannot remain. Such is the law of consciousness.
The worlds of Truth (love) and illusion (fear) are like parallel universes; with every thought we make a choice which one to inhabit
There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.
The desire for transcendence is intimately connected with the desire for creativity. It is just as essential to who and what we are.
If you think humanity can get itself out of all this mess without divine help, then you're not being hopeful - you're hallucinating.
We arrogantly assume that the nervous system doesn't really need to be coaxed into romance. That romance comes from some other place.
In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.
There is nothing Madison Avenue can give us that will make us more beautiful women. We are beautiful because God created us that way.
The universe is already programmed to give each of us a year of happiness. Our challenge lies in programming ourselves to receive it.
We receive His peace when we ask Him for it. We keep His peace by extending it to others. Those are the keys and there are no others.
Given how deeply the ways of war have penetrated our collective consciousness, it will take spiritual power to turn the issue around.
We live in a world of easy friendships - people here for you when it's easy, 'so-sorry-but-I-have-an-errand-to-do-now' when it's not.
You are emerging from the cocoon of your former self. There are no limits to the extent of the transformation that's possible for you.
If we do not like what we see in the world, we must face what we don't like in ourselves. As we change, the world will change with us.
As all of us are only too aware, the loud and frantic voices of the outer world easily drown out the small, still loving voice within.
Any conversation which does not include the context of the journey of the heart is by definition untrue to who we are as human beings.
Love and fear represent two different lenses through which to view the world. Which I choose to use will determine what I think I see.
When somebody comes up to you and shows you yellow underlining of something you wrote, that's such a high. It's a connection to others.
Sobriety itself is today's high, for it is ultimately in the most centered consciousness that we find our power to transcend the world.
On any given day, in any given moment, something could happen that opens up for you an entirely new path. Be still, be alert, be ready.
Relationships are the Holy Spirit's laboratories in which He brings together people who have the maximal opportunity for mutual growth.
Sadness is just a place on the map. Don't try to avoid it, resist it or escape through substances. Settle it, allow it, and it will go.
Every problem emerges from the false belief we are separate from one another, and every answer emerges from the realization we are not.
The voices of fear are so loud today. The voices of love should never shout, but neither should they whisper - not at a time like this.
Today is a day for sober and mature reflection, not glee. Mindless celebration is both spiritually inappropriate and politically naive.
Any time we read a newspaper or take any look at the world around us, we are aware of the cruelty and violence that dominates our world.
Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place".
We're often afraid of looking at our shadow because we want to avoid the shame or embarrassment that comes along with admitting mistakes.
I believe that ultimately it all comes down to whether we seek conscious contact with God on a daily basis through prayer and meditation.
I think moral outrage is born not of anger but of love. It comes from the highest in us, not from a low-level sense of anger or cynicism.