I never know what the next lesson is going to be, because we're not supposed to know -- we're supposed to trust ourselves to discover it.

Few situations - no matter how greatly they appear to demand it - can be bettered by us going beserk.

Today I will tell myself that I'm lovable. Just because some people haven't been able to love me in ways that worked doesn't mean that I'm unlovable. I've had lessons to learn, and some of them have hurt deeply, but I can still love, and I still am loved.

Panic is our great enemy.

When we're surrounded by things that look impossible, making a simple choice to do something that's possible is a powerful thing to do.

A man went to Istanbul, his first visit there. On his way to a business meeting, this man lost his way. He began raging at himself for getting lost, until a realization allowed him to transcend his ire. "How can I be lost? I've never been here before?" pp 104-105

When our heart is broken, we can't hear it. And when we can't hear our heart, we can't hear God.