Quotes from Peter McWilliams

What if it doesn't work out? Ah, but what if it does.

If you are not actively involved in getting what you want, you don't really want it.

Anger begins as an inner twinge. We sense something long before it blossoms (explodes?) into an emotional tirade. If we listen to this twinge -- and follow its advice -- the emotional outburst (or in burst) is not needed.

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

By pursuing any one of our dreams, we can find fulfillment. We don't need to pursue them all.

Pain (any pain-emotional, physical, mental) has a message. Once we get the pains message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away.

No matter what you do, no matter how stupid, dumb or damaging you judge it to be, there is a lesson to be learned from it.

Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.

One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways.

While goals are chosen, a purpose is discovered. Our purpose is something we have been doing all along, and will continue to do, regardless of circumstances, until the day we die