Quotes from Wayne W. Dyer

My book is developing into a guide for cutting through a lifetime of emotional red tape. I've written it not because of my advanced educational training, but more in spite of it.

I don't think we've researched the importance of laughter enough, how good it feels to laugh and how therapeutic it is to be able to laugh at ourselves and others and not take life so seriously

You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel.

have you really lived 10,000 or more days or have you lived one day, 10,000 or more times? A good question to ask yourself as you work toward more spontaneity in your life.

Serve the needs of others, and all your own needs will be fulfilled.

Remind yourself that the fear of failure is very often the fear of someone else's disapproval or ridicule. If you let them have their own opinions, which have nothing to do with you, you can begin to evaluate your behavior in your own, rather than their terms. You'll come to see your abilities not as better or worse, but as simply different from others.

change how you see what's here now in your life, for then it will become exactly what you need in order to be happy.

Being true to yourself means being devoid of the need for an external support system.

remember to include yourself when dispensing kindness and nonjudgment.

Changing the way you think, or feel, or live is possible but never easy.

In all of your relationships, if you can love someone enough to allow them to be exactly what they choose to be—without any expectations or attachments from you—you'll know true peace in your lifetime. True love means you love a person for what they are, not for what you think they should be. This is an open mind—and an absence of attachment.

Things flourish, each by each, only to return to the Source . . . to what is and what is to be. To return to the root is to find peace. To find peace is to fulfill one's destiny.

All the great heroes of your life have taught you nothing. And they are no better than you, in any way. Politicians, actors, athletes, rock-stars, your boss, therapist, teacher, spouse, or whoever, are just skillful at what they do—nothing more.

you already have everything you need to be peaceful, happy, and content right here and right now! Relax into this knowing, and affirm again and again:

Let go of a desire to force anyone or anything, and choose instead to consciously be part of the cyclical pattern of nature.

I focus on what's really important in life. Quality rather than appearance, ethics rather than rules,integrity rather than domination, knowledge rather than achievement, serenity rather than acquisitions.

I want people to trust in their own magnificence. My

You are behaving as a fool if you look outside of you for an explanation of how you should feel or what you should do. Taking credit as well as responsibility for yourself is the first step to eliminating this erroneous zone. Be your own hero.

Think of the need to control as a signal to allow

refuse to participate in activities that cause harm to anything on the planet.

Experiences of pain, loss, fear, anger, and even hatred seem to vanish when you remember that this is a part of the perfect blossoming of natural law; and there will soon be a time for comfort, peace, and love.

When you update your view of the most important things in your life, the world around you is going to seem very different.

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble; it's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

I promise you that when you adjust rule-based thinking to a heart-based attitude, your life will change!