My greatest wish is that a certain way of looking at the world, a way I show in all of my books, gets into my readers' heads, and slowly alters their perception.

Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.

There are people that don't need to run towards adversity. They grew up in circumstances where it's forced upon them. Other people lead, pushier lives. So there are all kinds of forms of adversity in the world.

Religion is the great balm of existence because it takes us outside ourselves, connects us to something larger

Those qualities that separate us are often ridiculed by others or criticized by teachers. Because of these judgments, we might see our strengths as disabilities and try to work around them in order to fit in. But anything that is peculiar to our makeup is precisely what we must pay the deepest attention to and lean on in our rise to mastery.

Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.

No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.