Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms read more

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for read more

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.