Peter Alexander McWilliams (August 5, 1949 – June 14, 2000) was an American self-help author who advocated for the legalization of marijuana.
. . Because when medical marijuana is fully accepted for what it is, we will see a phenomenon that makes Viagra's phenomenon seem limp.
You're asking the government to control individual morality. This is a government that can't buy a toilet seat for under $600.
That the religious right completely took over the word Christian is a given. At one time, phrases such as Christian charity and Christian tolerance were used to denote kindness and compassion. To perform a "Christian" act meant an act of giving, of acceptance, of toleration. Now, Christian is invariably linked to right-wing conservative political thought -- Christian nation, Christian morality, Christian values, Christian family.
If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier.
. . we are trained as children to get good grades, get a good job, get a good spouse, get children, get ahead. In all this getting we get something else: anxiety and depression.
The most recent studies,. . . both behavioral and biological, indicate one's sexual orientation is genetic, something one is born with.
I'd have a nervous breakdown except that I've been through this too many times to be nervous.
What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?
When thought and action are combined, the results are powerful-among the most powerful forces on earth. The combination of successful communication-the sharing of thoughts-and physical action can, literally, move mountains.
First, all relationships are with yourself-and sometimes they involve other people. Second, the most important relationship in your life-the one you have, like it or not, until the day you die-is with yourself.
The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose to put energy into something can be remarkable. Be prepared for extra energy.
Wealth is enjoying what we already have, not getting more of what we think will make us happy.
If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger how much happier we would all be.
Let your intentions create your methods and not the other way around.
We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal. . . in any given moment, by not exercising the option of suicide, we are choosing to live
I'm a confirmed negaholic. I don't just see a glass that's half full and call it half-empty; I see a glass that's completely full and worry that someone's going to tip it over.
One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways
The Bible, taken as a whole, can be used to praise or condemn practically any human activity, thought, belief, or practice.
To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.
All the good, fine, noble, and creative acts of humanity were conceived as a spark in a single human consciousness.