I tell you this: You are your own rule-maker. You set the guidelines. And you decide how well you have done; how well you are doing. For you are the one who has decided Who and What You Really Are-and Who You Want to Be. And you are the only one who can assess how well you're doing.

Your whole life is a message. Every act is an act of self-definition . Everything you think, say and do sends a message about you.

I find myself often moved to tears by what is being written in front of me. Sometimes, I just sit on the couch and write the words down and cry because the beauty of the thoughts and how exquisitely they are being expressed.

The first question in any interactive process with another is: now Who Am I, and Who Do I Want to Be, in relationship to that?

I do not love "good" more than I love "bad." Hitler went to heaven. When you understand this, you will understand God.

You cannot help another who will not help him or herself. In the end, all souls must walk their path - and the reason they are walking a particular path may not be clear to us... or even to them at the level of ordinary human consciousness. Do what you can to help others, of course. Show love and caring whenever and wherever you can. But do not get caught up in someone else's "story" to the point where you start writing it.

Teach your children that they need nothing exterior to themselves to be happy, no person, place or thing, and that true happiness is found within.