Pain is a great teacher, but most of us would rather learn some other way.

It's a lot easier to get your way if you have more than one way.

People who think they know usually stopped thinking long ago.

You can speed up your life if you want to - that's easy. Winding down is what's hard.

Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of your journey.

The journey toward the heart is always a journey home.

Insight is 'mental vision,' one of the ways in which the mind escapes the limits of the obvious or the familiar.

The impression is that love is something that happens to you like magic. That love is something others do for you, but that you cannot do for yourself. Love is not something you wait for. Love doesn't just happen. Love is something you do. When you want love, give love. Moment to moment, you make the choice whether to give love and be loved.

The lost wallet or purse law: No matter how careful you are, assume that you will lose a few. ... Keep grief to a minimum. It's bad enough your stuff is gone don't lose your mind too.

Passion doesn't come from business or books or even a connection with another person. It is a connection to your own life force, the world around you and the spirit that connects us all. You are the source. Books, work, music, people, sunsets all provide sparks, but only you can light the fire.

The best revenge is, of course, a good life. Enjoy yourself, be happy, be successful. It'll drive them crazy-or you can imagine it does. You'll feel so good you won't care.

There is no love that rewards with more consistency and provides lifelong passion as the love one has for the world.