Total self acceptance is empowering. It means allowing others to see you as they choose, without being offended.

The goal is to be the observer of your thoughts and not let your thoughts control you.

When you make a choice, you change the future.

Our essential nature is pure consciousness, the infinite source of everything that exists in the physical world.

Inner silence promotes clarity of mind; It makes us value the inner world; It trains us to go inside to the source of peace and inspiration when we are faced with problems and challenges.

Human beings generally need between six and eight hours of restful sleep each night. Restful sleep means that you're not using pharmaceuticals or alcohol to get to sleep, but that you're drifting off easily once you turn off the light and are sleeping soundly through the night.

When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary school.