Me: We're going for a walk. 5-year-old: Is the car broken? Me: No. 5: Then what's the problem?
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5-year-old: I don't want to go to school anymore. Me: You have to. It's your job. 5: Then why don't I get paid?
5-year-old: Every time I learn something new, I forget something old. Me: What do you forget? 5: I don't remember.
For a long time haters spoke and too many of us just rolled our eyes. Now, when hate speaks, it's very important that fierce love speak back.
Whenever you want something to happen, close your eyes and take a moment to inwardly inhabit the space of the you who would experience that.
When it comes to politics, if none of us ever referred to the words Left or Right again it wouldn't be a terrible thing.
This country is suffering through a time of spiritual and moral decay. That is the level of the problem and it is the level of the solution.
No individual or country will long thrive if they make money more important than people.
We can't just fight sickness; we have to cultivate health. And we can't just fight wars; we have to cultivate peace.
Our highest point of consciousness, as well as greatest empowerment, lies in praying that our lives be used for purposes higher than our own.
Our greatest power to effect visible things lies in understanding some invisible things. Only love - not money or machines - moves mountains.
Information overload can overwhelm our mental circuits, making us less rather than more capable of processing a sophisticated argument.
This is the trickle down lie: that if you help big business, this will create better jobs & wages. NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER THAT THIS IS TRUE!
Don't just decry the darkness; proclaim the light. Either without the other is an incomplete formula for transformation. Resist AND invoke.
Pessimism is a misuse of your imagination.
Words and tweets are free in theory. But there is always a cost on how you use them.
Life has many ways of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.
Don’t explain. Your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you.
You want to be successful, you must respect one rule: never lie to yourself.
Finding one important thing in our life doesn’t mean we have to give up all the other important things.