There has never been, and never again will be a human being like you. There is nothing ordinary about you. If you feel ordinary, it is because you have chosen to hide the extraordinary parts of yourself from the world.

It is easy to be mindless in America, because dreaming of and living for a better tomorrow is the American way. ... The problem is, in the second half of the twentieth century, we have gotten so good at living for tomorrow that most of us spend very little time in the present.

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

in all codependent relationships, the rescuer needs the victim as much as the victim needs the rescuer.

When I look for happiness, I lose it. When I stop looking, and surrender to where I am, I find it.

Living with integrity means...not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships; asking for what you want and need from others; speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension; behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values; making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. The heart will break... but broken live on.