If God doesn't want something for me, I shouldn't want it either. Spending time in meditative prayer, getting to know God, helps align my desires with God's.

Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.

Since agape love is sacrificial love, and since it needs no reciprocation, the love of God constrains our natural reactions which cause so many of our conflicts. To love is to be set free. To love is to act as an agent of the Holy Spirit and not react to circumstances and people. To love is to enter a place of existence which causes us to be unshackled from the fears and frustrations which dominate this world.

We must find a way to do more than survive. We must fulfill our roles. Build a place for us within the society that seeks to exclude us. We must find our own path. A new path. One that allows us to grow and build a future for our children and give us hope.

So long as your eyes remain set upon the things of this world, your acts will lead to earthbound results.

There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast, ' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.

Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions ... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.

The hardest battle you are ever going to have to fight is the battle to be just you.

Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.

"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.

Your brain is the organ of your personality, character, and intelligence and is heavily involved in making you who you are.

Even though the body appears to be material, it is not. In the deeper reality, your body is a field of energy, transformation and intelligence.