Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.

Seize every second of your life and savor it. Value your present moments.

When I sit down to write a book, I don't ask myself, "How many am I going to sell?"

All forgiveness is self forgiveness.

Goal setting is fine if you want to be the warrior archetype. These people are setting goals constantly and trying to get someplace else. They say, "If you don't know where you are going, then you won't know when you get there."

What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won't always be bleak, there's a way to rise above the present circumstances. Hope is an internal awareness that you do not have to suffer forever, and that somehow, somewhere there is a remedy for despair that you will come upon if you can only maintain this expectancy in your heart.

We need to start thinking collectively as a people about what we should be looking at.