“Once befriended, our shadow becomes a divine map that-when properly read and followed-reconnects us to the life we were meant to live, the people we were meant to be, and the contributions we were meant to give.”

Think about how audacious it is to really believe in yourself.

Embracing our dark side gives us a new found freedom to be with the darkness in others. For when I can love all of me, I will love all of you.

We were birthed with one soul to take care of, and we must take care of it.

Loving yourself means making choices that allow you to care for the important person that you are.

To get to this place of a warrior’s courage, we must give up the stories that have ruled our lives and shatter the self-image we created to affirm our story.

Your soul never asks you to endure anything you can’t handle.

Asking “Am I choosing from my divinity or am I choosing from my humanity? “ opens the door for us to experience realms of reality that we may never have visited before.

Challenge the person you think you are in order to unveil the person you are capable of becoming

Many of us don’t realize that we have a choice about which aspect of ourselves we will use as the foundation upon which we build our lives.

If you ask the Universe to be your partner and guide you on the path to wholeness, it will oblige.

People with hearts filled with love, peace, and compassion live in heaven.

We must risk the journey to a higher ground where there is freedom from the gravitational pull of our stories, the pull that comes from years of trying to prove that the stories we tell ourselves, the ones we’ve made up, are the truth.

Unfortunately, unless we’re focused on building up our courage, which gives us our self-confidence and all that we need to make quantum change in our lives, the voice of fear will always take the lead inside our minds.

A strong plan of action will yield you quantum results and will ensure that you don’t fall into the familiar patterns of your past.

Reclaiming the parts of ourselves that we have relegated to the shadow is the most reliable path to actualizing all of our human potential.

It is your holy work, to deeply love, honor and respect the precious self that you are, the soul that only you hold.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

Because I was in such good shape, my fatigue level never reached the point of physical exhaustion that contributes to mental exhaustion and, ultimately, to combat fatigue.

How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.

Don’t waste your time on anything that doesn’t contribute to your growth.

Gratitude can shift your perspective, elevate your mood, and contribute to your goodness.

It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination to make a permanent contribution to science.

I think it is the responsibility of anyone involved in politics to always think of what Japan can do to contribute more to the peace and stability not just of Japan and the region but of the entire world.

Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.