The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.
How would your life change if your self-esteem improved?
Developing personal power includes learning not to negotiate your self-worth for the sake of someone else or sell yourself short for a job.
Do not assume that divine guidance flows only when you are in need of help. Guidance continues to flow whether or not you have problems. It transcends problems, heartbreaks, and traumas, flowing through dreams and illuminations. Whether guidance comes during times of tranquility or trauma, however, it is up to you to have the courage to acknowledge it
The strings to our past are burned because we need a new beginning.
Your identity, self-esteem, and awareness of your ego lay the groundwork for your life. How you conduct yourself with others, and whether you have the strength to make your way without needing to ask for another's permission, depends on how well you succeed at the many challenges that awaken your need to take charge of who you are.
Master your responses to external events--don't attempt to control them.
Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.
Frank [Sinatra] sang to you, not at you, like so many pop singers today. Even singers of standards. I never wanted to be a singer that sings at somebody. I've always wanted to sing to somebody. I would have gotten that subliminally from Frank many years ago. Hank Williams did that, too. He sang to you.
I'll smoke pot every now and then. I cannot see a movie on pot. The number of movies I've seen thinking, 'This is probably the best I have ever seen,' and then I'll see it again and think, 'What was I thinking?'
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.