“The most satisfying project you will ever undertake-and a mark of a complete human being-is to discover how to build a sense of happiness that no one can take away from you.”

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

The next thing you think, the next action you take, will either create a new possibility for you, or it will repeat the past.

Change your story, change your life. Basically, that’s what it is.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

It’s hard enough to change ourselves. We can’t expect other people to change so that we feel better. We have to take the journey ourselves.

The person you call an enemy is an exaggerated aspect of your own shadow self.

I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.

The key to lasting happiness is to stop looking for it, and to know that you already have it.

To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless.

If you restore balance in your own self, you will be contributing immensely to the healing of the world.

In our imaginations we believe that love is apart from us. Actually there is nothing but love, once we are ready to accept it. When you truly find love, you find yourself.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.

When you meet someone, you can silently send them a blessing, wishing them happiness, joy and laughter. This kind of silent giving is very powerful.

In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.

The universe has much bigger plans for you than you ever dreamed of for yourself.

Starbucks trying to build a different kind of company around the balance of profitably and benevolence. A social conscience. And that isn’t a program it has to be a way of life.

Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.

To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees.

You cannot build a superstructure on a cracked foundation.

Forgiveness does not come easily to us, especially when someone we have trusted betrays our trust. And yet if we do not learn to forgive, we will discover that we can never really rebuild trust.

The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.

I built you a whole city in my heart.

Our Faith must be tested. God builds no ships but what He sends to sea.