To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

The only real failure in life is the failure to try.

The only real failure in life is the failure to try.

I have just Three things to teach: Simplicity, Patience & Compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

I have just Three things to teach: Simplicity, Patience & Compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It read more

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.