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We do not have to know how to forgive. All we have to do is be willing to forgive. The Universe will take care of the how.
We sometimes forget that we are God-beings, and that the intent of the Creator was for us to enjoy this thing called Life!
I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing.
I am at the stage of my life everyone dreads - that of filling my days with the past, because there is little future left.
Life for the unhappy is an endless search for 'the good parent,' one who will truly love him instead of making him afraid.
I live and work alone and travel light, relying largely on my memory and making a point of letting intuition guide my way.
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice - but as yet unstained.
I love all of my books. They were labors of love; I was striving to create something well done, and I do feel I succeeded.
Life as a Christ follower will always be a learning process of depending less on our own strength and more on God's power.
When it comes to their kids, parents are all just instinct and hope. And fear. Rules and laws fly straight out the window.
Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.
Philanthropy isn't just about big gifts; it's about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.
When the juices of trees have no means of escape, they clot and rot in them, making the trees hollow and good for nothing.
I'd studied acting in New York when I left Pierre - that was the big thing that I did. I worked very hard at it, actually.
I don't think I'm marriage material, to tell you the truth. I'd be a bad choice. But I'd be darling at being a girlfriend.
how to divide ourselves fairly between ourselves and the rest of the world is the hardest question we ever have to answer.
the announcement that you are going to tell a good story (and the chuckle that precedes it) is always a dangerous opening.
An interesting attribute of public banks is that they don't only de-risk the downside, but also get a share of the upside.
You think you know someone by looking at his face but what can one face say about the thousand thoughts behind those eyes.
Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit.
The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.
The key to intimacy is the commitment to honesty and to the radical forgiveness necessary in order for honesty to be safe.
We experience who we really are, and what it is we are meant to do, in any moment when we pour our love into the universe.
The week ahead is already programmed for fabulousness. Pray that your thinking be aligned with the force that makes it so.
God exists in eternity. The only point where eternity meets time is in the present. The present is the only time there is.
Our barriers to love are rarely consciously chosen. They are our efforts to protect the places where the heart is bruised.
I never thought being famous would be wonderful, but my limited exposure to celebrity has shown me the dark side big-time.
The East contemplated the forest the West counted the trees...the mind that knows that trees and the forest is a new mind.
We are like flowers always reaching up towards some shred of light. I find this wondrous, nearly magical, certainly brave.
A dead tree, falling, made less havoc than a live one. It seemed as though a live tree went down fighting, like an animal.
Independence-is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
We often feel sad in the presence of music without words; and often more than that in the presence of music without music.
The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.
Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.
When all is said and done, the one sole condition that makes spiritual happiness and preserves it is the absence of doubt.
All my life I have been honest-comparatively honest. I could never use money I had not made honestly-I could only lend it.
A country without a patent office and good patent laws is just a crab, and can't travel any way but sideways and backways.
There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were willing to reveal it.
Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare.
I was exceedingly delighted with the waltz, and also with the polka. These differ in name, but there the difference ceases
Is it, perhaps, possible that there are two kinds of Civilization-one for home consumption and one for the heathen market?
Improve your business, your life, your relationships, your finances and your health. When you do the whole world improves.
Each of us must do massive right thinking, take massive right action and get massive right results, right here, right now.
All diseases and disorders have some spiritual connection and serve as stepping stones for us to listen to and learn from.
Don’t worry that you’ve wasted time. Each moment -- no matter how frozen or confused -- was a useful and necessary lesson.
As any good Buddhist will tell you, the only way to find permanent joy is by embracing the fact that nothing is permanent.
Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.
From a place of stillness, openness, forgiveness and acceptance you can renew your commitment to any eating plan you like.
There are things that can only happen through you when you are still. Silence is often the most important work you can do.