One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
We can change the world one thought at a time, one child at a time, one family at a time, one community at a time, one city, one state and one country at a time.
Real transformation requires real honesty. If you want to move forward - get real with yourself.
Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.
Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.
It's not wrong to be upset. It's not wrong to cry. It's not wrong to want attention. It's not even wrong to scream or throw a fit. What is wrong is to keep it all inside. What is wrong is to blame and punish yourself for simply being human. What is wrong is to never be heard and to be alone in your pain. Share it. Let it out.
Everything comes by being! Be the love you seek. Be the friend you seek. Be the lover you seek. Be the honesty you seek. Be the integrity you seek. Be the patience you seek. Be the tolerance you seek. Be the compassion you seek.
You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.
All discomfort comes from suppressing your true identity.
How we treat other people changes them, but even more so, how we treat other people changes us.
The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.
If you want good things to happen in your life you first have to believe good things are possible for yourself. Quit allowing negative and cynical thinking to get in the way of the good life you deserve.
An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
Taking care of yourself is the most powerful way to begin to take care of others.
There is a simple path to follow, that appears only when you calm your mind. It leads you on a beautiful journey back to your original self; the perfect, beautiful you.
Through spiritual maturity you will see new ways to avoid unnecessary suffering; wiser ways to endure unavoidable hardships with grace, and opportunities to turn your pain into lessons of service and healing for others. Your hard journey has had a great purpose! Your pain was always a part of a plan to open your heart to love. Have faith. A miracle is happening in your life; the miracle of pain is transforming you to your highest self.
You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.
You have to make the decision to let go of the past if you want to move forward. Reliving your painful past will poison your heart and your tomorrow. If you look at today through the eyes of the past, you can never see what the present moment has to offer.
When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.
Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.
Love and respect changes everything.
Quit saying you don't have time. You have time for what you make time for in life.
Change can be beautiful when we are brave enough to evolve with it, and change can be brutal when we fearfully resist.
We do not actually know other people; we only know our judgments.
Letting go of your painful past is how you open yourself to a wonderful future.
