There is a knowingness that is as much a part of us as flesh and blood and bones. It's intuition, the deepest natural knowing. ... Intuition is the voice within forever pressing us to stretch ourselves, to take risks, to keep loving and giving birth to a new self, regardless of circumstances.

Self-hate is a form of mental slavery that results in poverty, ignorance, and crime.

Any joy, creativity or wisdom our next moment brings will ensue from the way we live our present one.

I always say that pain is information, that it is not punishment.

The paralyzing effect of fear makes us as helpless as babies and blinds us to the truth that God didn't send us here to be powerless spectators, but to become powerful initiators. We are spiritual beings having an earthly experience, and we have the power to break the cycle of negativity that is fueling a very dangerous world. It's not only possible, it's why we are here.

Our greatest problems in life come not so much from the situations we confront as from our doubts about our ability to handle them.

It takes a lot of energy to dull the soul and not hear its voice