In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power.

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 are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.

Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.

Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to you.

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce.

We receive His peace when we ask Him for it. We keep His peace by extending it to others. Those are the keys and there are no others.

Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.

The spiritual path - is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don't know it.

We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.