When I'm on purpose - when I'm allowing Source to come through - it's always there. At those times, I'm not focused on any ego sense about how much I'm going to make, how well a book is going to do, whether people are going to buy it, or any of that. I just go to a state of awe and gratitude - I'm deeply, profoundly grateful - and it just works. The first words out of my mouth every morning are "I thank you."

I've always believed that parents are not for leaning upon, but rather exist to make leaning unnecessary.

Empowerment is the inner joy of knowing that external force isn't necessary to be at harmony with oneself.

It's not what is available or unavailable that determines your level of success and happiness; it's what you convince yourself is true.

It is impossible for me to waste my time in helping another person.

The child in you, like all children, loves to laugh, to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life. Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.

What we are doing is deeply unfair and a profound tragedy - what we're doing in the way of global warming, what we're doing to the oceans - and none of it makes any sense to me.