When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.
Only the present moment contains life.
Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.
Defeat happens only to those who refuse to try again.
Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? A thermometer only reflects the temperature of its environment, adjusting to the situation. But a thermostat initiates action to change the temperature in its environment.
Remember: what you think you will become – good or bad, weak or strong, defeated or victorious.
There is only one person with whom to compete and that is yourself. Keep aiming to surpass your own best performance and ever strive to reach higher levels.
Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.
Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.
What you do today creates every tomorrow.
If you are going through a time of discouragement, there is a time or great personal growth ahead.
Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.
Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.