Pray that you will have good and correct attitudes about all your experiences - be they good or bad.
Christ never intended to cover up the dark side of life, but rather to illuminate a path through it.
Your fears are not walls, but hurdles. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquering of it.
I didn't want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big city.
The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.
IQ and technical skills are important, but emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership.
If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend to the moment.
The worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind.
I find reading screenplays difficult, as they're only a roadmap for what a movie might end up being.
If your goals aren’t synced with the substance of your heart, then achieving them won’t matter much.
I could not ask forgiveness for something I had not done. As scapegoat, I could only bear the fault.
If I was going to go out tonight, I was going to go out fighting. Or screaming in agony. Either way.
I should’ve known the day was going to turn out bad when it started with my father trying to kill me
Want coffee?" I asked, as I headed that way. "It's three thirty in the morning." "Okay. Want coffee?
Three times I have been mistaken for a prohibition agent, but never had any trouble clearing myself.
I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer.
The term SAT is a set of initials, or autonym, standing for Scholastic Attitude Treaty Organization.
You don't have to think really hard to get the joke. I think humor in general appeals to all people.
Sign at a Kentucky appliance store: Don't kill your wife. Let our washing machine do the dirty work.
When I started the band, the name 'Silver Jews' had no literal meaning - it was just an abstraction.
A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.
Be at peace, my friend. One thing I have learnt about Death is that his bark is worse than his bite.
In their vanity men focus on what they wish to hear and miss the hidden meaning, the lurking threat.
The older you get, the wiser you are - this is true. But you also question what use this wisdom is.y
Laughter rarely lasts longer than a few seconds, it's true. But how enjoyable those few seconds are.
I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday.
breathtaking, adj. Those moments when we kiss and surrender for an hour before we say a single word.
It feels like I am wasting time. I mean, that's always the case. My life doesn't add up to anything.
Magic naturally fades over distance. But proximity - well, when it works, proximity amplifies magic.
detachment, n. Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it.
Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.
Where are you looking at blessing as bondage, something you GET to do as something you've GOT to do?
Happiness consists not of having, but of being. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself.
We deny the severity of our loved one's problem not because we are naive, but because we can't know.
Giving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority.
Darkness dwells within even the best of us. In the worst of us, darkness not only dwells but reigns.
I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before.
I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.
You have to see the human being in the enemy. If there is potential for change, there is still hope.
Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.
Loving another person is not separate from loving God. One is a single wave, the other is the ocean.
The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others.
A problem is solved not by confronting it directly, but by going to a level where no problem exists.
A flow of happiness and abundance will manifest when you have reached the deepest level of yourSelf.
In order to acquire anything in the physical universe, you have to relinquish your attachment to it.
True success is ... the experience of the miraculous. It is the unfolding of the divinity within us.
Money is life energy that we exchange and use as a result of the service we provide to the universe.
How can I create a better world? The more you reflect, the more your life will move into the answer.