Every life can be learned from, as either a flame of hope or a cautionary flare.

Commitment to a plan or thought carries with it a force that can influence the unconscious mind and bring about the desired effect. In other words, once we decide to have something, the mind unconsciously begins to create the reality necessary to bring to pass what we desire.

It's our memories that make us who we are. Without them, we're nothing. If that means we have to hurt sometimes, it's worth it.

People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.

Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it.

Denial, perhaps, is a necessary human mechanism to cope with the heartaches of life.

The truest grace is not to forgive, but to have never found fault.