If you know what makes one person's life change, then you know what makes a nation change - because a nation is simply a large group of individuals.

I don't think that my twenties were any more dramatic than those of most people I know. I was never that bad and I never became that good.

To become romantic artists, we must pierce the armor that hides our hearts, and the piercing is not comfortable.

Love in your mind produces love in your life. This is the meaning of Heaven. Fear in your mind produces fear in your life. This is the meaning of hell.

Take a good look at your life right now. If you don't like something about it, close your eyes and imagine the life you want. Now allow yourself to focus your inner eye on the person you would be if you were living this preferred life. Notice the differences in how you behave and present yourself; allow yourself to spend several seconds breathing in the new image, expanding your energy into this.

I don't like the tendency on the part of so many people today to think that those who don't agree with them are bad. In fact, I find that very dangerous.

Love is a hero’s journey, and the hero’s journey is a noble but difficult path.