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

What you pay attention to grows. If your attention is attracted to negative situations and emotions, then they will grow in your awareness.

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.

A lot of people have the ambition, but they never ask themselves, Do I really believe I can do this?

Give it your all. Give it away. Your desires are being held in the hand of the cosmos with incredibly sturdy care. Life is not testing you. She is rooting for you.

I always wanted to be a hairdresser.

Just Remember: The people that say, “your dreams are impossible ” have already quit on theirs.

Dropping the news to my parents that I was skipping my ‘dream education’ at Chalmers to sit at home recording videos while playing video games was not easy.

To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature-could one dream of anything more?

When we began Starbucks, what I wanted to try to do was to create a set of values, guiding principles, and culture.

And despite it all, we dream. That is our greatest resistance.