"I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section? " She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose."
— George Carlin

"There is no need to search; achievement leads to nowhere. It makes no difference at all, so just be happy now! Love is the only reality of the world, because it is all One, you see. And the only laws are paradox, humor and change. There is no problem, never was, and never will be. Release your struggle, let go of your mind, throw away your concerns, and relax into the world. No need to resist life, just do your best. Open your eyes and see that you are far more than you imagine. You are the world, you are the universe; you are yourself and everyone else, too! It's all the marvelous Play of God. Wake up, regain your humor. Don't worry, just be happy. You are already free!"
— Dan Millman (Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives)

"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
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— Dale Carnegie

""If you don't go, you won't know.""
— Robert DeNiro

"You cannot solve a problem in the same frequency in which it was created."
— Lynn Grabhorn (Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting: The Astonishing Power of Feelings)

"How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book."
— Henry David Thoreau

"Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.

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— Polly B. Berends

"There ARE people who won't customarily eat an entire row of cookies, or hear food calling their name from other rooms, or who don't grind up food in the garbage disposal for fear of eating it, or get it back out of the garbage so they could eat it. Of course, my binge eating was just a cover-up for the larger issue: Trying to fill the emptiness"
— Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK) (Transformation Soup: Healing for the Splendidly Imperfect)

""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 darknes, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous. Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automaticlly liberates others.""
— Marrianne Williamson

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. "
— Abraham Maslow as quoted in Crucial Conversations

"Anger does not solve anything; it builds nothing."
— Thomas S. Monson

"Life's managed, not cured. "
— Phillip C. McGraw

"The mind thinks thoughts that we don't plan. It's not as if we say, 'At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred.'"
— Sharon Salzberg

"We grow in direct proportion to the amount of chaos we can sustain and dissipate"
— Ilya Prigogine (Order out of chaos: Man's new dialogue with nature)

"reality isn't the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be, but the way they actually are."
— Robert J. Ringer

"Wealth and opportunities are not assets acquired, but rather they are more contained in your person, in the way you think they are."
— Lisa Washington

"Seek first the kingdom of heaven WITHIN, whereby lies an abundance of treasures and resources that you need"
— Lisa Washington

"GIVING - Applied tithing is so rewarding. When you give away your time, talent, and treasures you create a huge shift in your prosperity consciousness. So start where you are as you reach for where it is you want to be."
— Lisa Washington

"Too much stress cannot be laid...upon the admonition that we seek so far as possible to live in the lives of other people. By sharing in the misfortunes of others, and rejoicing in their happiness, you add to your own emotional serenity and stability."
— Ralph Alfred Habas (The Art of Self-Control)

"involution always precedes evolution"
— James Arthur Ray (Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want)

"In the beginning I revelled in being so rebellious and bad. I had recently discovered the new age book You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay, which incorporated the power of visualization and affirmations. Even then the book resonated, resulting in me asserting, 'I, Paris, am the best hooker in town!' repeatedly on the long drive to work. I am not sure this is what Louise Hay had in mind!"
— Joanne Brodie