Worry divides the mind.

Praise is the highest occupation of any being

I could easily go through all my books and mark the ones that were original, mark the ones that were adapted or pre-published that I've found. I'm guessing though that probably 75% of them are personal events. I just love a personal story.

Choose satisfaction over salary. Better to be happy with little than miserable with much.

How my relationship with my parents influenced my writing, really not at all. My dad was a mechanic, my mom a nurse.

There are many things in life over which you have no choice. But the greatest activity of life is well within your dominion. You can choose what you think about. You can be the air traffic controller of your mental airport. You occupy the control tower and can direct the mental traffic of your world. Thoughts circle above, coming and going. If one of them lands, it's because you gave it permission. If it leaves, it's because you directed it to do so. You can select your thought pattern.

History is not an endless succession of meaningless circles but a directed movement toward a great event.