There's only one boss in your life . . . and that's you! The person looking back in the mirror at you is the one you have to answer to every day.

You can only give away what you have inside. Become an instrument of love.

Don't evaluate your life in terms of achievements, trivial or monumental, along the way... Instead, wake up and appreciate everything you encounter along your path. Enjoy the flowers that are there for your pleasure. Tune in to the sunrise, the little children, the laughter, the rain, and the birds. Drink it all in... there is no way to happiness; happiness is the way.

When I was a kid at 16, sneaking into a burlesque theater in downtown Detroit was a big thrill. Today, in every hotel room in America, you can turn on the television and see hardcore pornography. So the shifts can go both ways, and it's incumbent on us as leaders of the spiritual community to get as many people as possible to really begin to think in God-realized ways.

You came from a source.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

In reality, it's much easier not to smoke or eat chocolate than to do so. It's your mind that convinces you otherwise.