I'm not saying that a child who was abused or beaten or abandoned made that happen, but your reaction to it is always yours.

Spend some time observing babies. They don't work; they poop in their pants, and they have no goals other than to expand, grow and explore this amazing world. Be like that baby you once were, in terms of being joyful.

We believe that God is like a giant vending machine in the sky. We put in our requests in the form of prayers, and then the vending machine dispenses these prayers based upon how well we've followed the rules that someone else has told us are God's rules.

The meaning of life is to get meaning for life.

Your children are spiritual beings who come through you, not for you.

People would pull the rug out from under me. So I learnt how to dance on a moving carpet.

All the great teachers have left a similar message: Go within, discover your invisible higher self and know God as the love that is within you.