Almost nothing beautiful or brilliant happens unless a person has thought about it a lot.

Creativity is the marriage humanity makes with eternity.

To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting.

By 'expecting nothing' you are not 'giving up.' Far from it! You are making a decision to focus on what needs to be done rather than on outcomes.

Dream, but expect nothing. Desire, but expect nothing. Hope, but expect nothing. Release your need to control and gain real control.

Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.

Affirmations are not bound up in rules. An affirmation can be long or short, poetic or plain. If you love a phrase and find that it helps you, that is a valid affirmation.