I have faith in God and not that we have evolved from a rock, not from worshiping the environment or endangered bugs.
In every perceived failure or setback is the seed of success.
The world 'out there' won't change until the world 'in here' does.
When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.
The three things you can offer your children to change them: attention, appreciation and affection.
Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities
The abuse of food, alcohol, or drugs is essentially a material response to a need that isn't really physical at its foundation. . What we are looking for is pure joy rather than mere sensation, or even oblivion of sensation. Addiction is unrecognized spiritual craving.
It's easy to be hard on ourselves, but the important thing is to turn a mistake into a learning experience.
I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically.
Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.
It's just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations. ' 'Right, it's primarily his hotness,' I said. 'It can be sort of blinding,' he said. 'It actually did blind our friend Isaac,' I said. 'Terrible tragedy, that. But can I help my own deadly beauty?' 'You cannot. ' 'It is my burden, this beautiful face. ' 'Not to mention your body. ' 'Seriously, don't even get me started on my hot bod. You don't want to see me naked, Dave. Seeing me naked actually took Hazel Grace's breath away,' he said, nodding toward the oxygen tank.