In our ludicrous efforts to 'change' and be perfect, we try to fashion a perfect world for ourselves. We start to imagine that we are actually in control of our world, which is further from reality than an all-parrot moon…

Quote by Robert White

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Look around you. The trees, flowers, birds, every animal and insect; every living thing. Its...

Look around you. The trees, flowers, birds, every animal and insect; every living thing. Its...

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

Saying that positive thinking usually doesnt work is such heresy that I may be unceremoniously...

Saying that positive thinking usually doesnt work is such heresy that I may be unceremoniously...

It may come as a severe shock if you havent given much thought to this...

It may come as a severe shock if you havent given much thought to this...

Our culture tends to label everybody and everything either a success or a failure, a...

Our culture tends to label everybody and everything either a success or a failure, a...

Technology is changing our lives. It cannot and will not change what is fundamental to...

Technology is changing our lives. It cannot and will not change what is fundamental to...

My invitation to you is to begin living every moment as though you are miraculous...

My invitation to you is to begin living every moment as though you are miraculous...

These days, awareness and three dollars will get you a cappuccino no more. As vital...

These days, awareness and three dollars will get you a cappuccino no more. As vital...

Human beings have used their incredible abilities to develop a staggering array of limiting beliefs,...

Human beings have used their incredible abilities to develop a staggering array of limiting beliefs,...

Everything we enjoy in society is a direct result of the accumulated learning derived from...

Everything we enjoy in society is a direct result of the accumulated learning derived from...

Human beings have an infinite capacity for two things: giving and love. Do you think...

Human beings have an infinite capacity for two things: giving and love. Do you think...

If there are no miracles then we need to find another word for the existence...

If there are no miracles then we need to find another word for the existence...

If happiness is the only prize we seek in life, then we will be guaranteed...

If happiness is the only prize we seek in life, then we will be guaranteed...

Picture an iceberg. The bulk of its power lies below the surface. The part of...

Picture an iceberg. The bulk of its power lies below the surface. The part of...

It may come as a severe shock if you havent given much thought to this...

It may come as a severe shock if you havent given much thought to this...

Everything we enjoy in society is a direct result of the accumulated learning derived from...

Everything we enjoy in society is a direct result of the accumulated learning derived from...

In our ludicrous efforts to 'change' and be perfect, we try to fashion a perfect...

In our ludicrous efforts to 'change' and be perfect, we try to fashion a perfect...

Happiness is like perfume: You can't give it away without getting a little on yourself.

Happiness is like perfume: You can't give it away without getting a little on yourself.

The practical effect of Christianity is happiness, therefore let it be spread abroad everywhere!

The practical effect of Christianity is happiness, therefore let it be spread abroad everywhere!

Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of...

Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of...

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call...

That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call...

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the...

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the...

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

The maxim of the British people is Business as usual.

The maxim of the British people is Business as usual.

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will...

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...