It's difficult to be alive in America today and truly be in denial anymore. It's not hip to be unconscious or uninvolved. One of our great strengths is that we're an optimistic people, but that doesn't mean we don't have sad days.

Don't be concerned that things appear to be falling apart: this has to happen in order for something new and wonderful to emerge.

Some things need to be let go before other things can be let in.

We are more afraid of excellence than of failure.

The one good thing about failure is that it makes you consider doing things a different way.

We are dominated on this planet by a fear-based rather than a love-based thought system.

Real love is comforting, to be sure, but not always at first.