No loose fish enters our quiet bay.
Unless we make the change ourselves, nothing is going to change.
The world 'out there' won't change until the world 'in here' does.
When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.
The three things you can offer your children to change them: attention, appreciation and affection.
Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities
The abuse of food, alcohol, or drugs is essentially a material response to a need that isn't really physical at its foundation. . What we are looking for is pure joy rather than mere sensation, or even oblivion of sensation. Addiction is unrecognized spiritual craving.
You will fail. Then they will kill you. " - Vandara to Kira, following Kira's trial.
There has to be some self-denial.
Surround yourself with people that are going to support you on your journey, and get rid of the ones that don't.
In politics, you have your word and your friends; go back on either and you're dead.