I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue.

You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.

If you want to know the world, sometimes you have to get out and roll around.

Dear me, how I love a library.

In order for marriage to endure it has to change along with us, and it does that very graciously. And in the end I find there is something kind of moving about it: the fact that people continue to insist on choosing somebody to build a life with.

Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else. Only then are you free to serve and enjoy other people.

When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of your life. With great joy.