“They are forever free who renounce all selfish desires and break away from the ego cage of I, me, and mine”

When we accept the temporary nature of everything in our lives, we can feel gratitude for the good fortune of getting to borrow them for a time.

We don’t have to do everything, that we can’t do everything, that what I can’t do is someone else’s gift and responsibility. My limitations make space for the gifts of other people

You are not your success or your failure.

Being present is the only way to live a truly rich and full life.

Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.

Criticizing someone else’s work ethic doesn’t make you work harder.

When someone hurts you, it’s because they’re hurt. Their hurt is simply spilling over. They need help.

Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.

When the fear of staying the same outweighs the fear of change, that is when we change

A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.

Finally, get involved in something that’s meaningful to you—a hobby, a charity, a political cause.

We are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the Earth, chemically. And to the rest of the universe, atomically.

Location has energy; time has memory. If you do something at the same time every day, it becomes easier and natural. If you do something in the same space every day, it becomes easier and natural.

Strengthened my resolve.

It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.

Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps, and whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.

You were so gentle with my messy burdens, my tender wounds and the cracks in my broken soul that I became gentle with them, too.

I hunted all through the four Gospels trying to find one of Christ’s funeral sermons, but I couldn’t find any. I found He broke up every funeral He ever attended! Death couldn’t exist where He was.

After you, I never found my way back home.

As you walk the road of life, be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you.

Let me kiss you one last time now that I know I will feel you on my lips for the rest of my life.

The human emotional system can be broken down into roughly two elements: fear and love. Love is of the soul. Fear is of the personality.

There is no pure success. I am action actor. I have broken almost every piece of my body.