Quotes from Wayne W. Dyer

Keep in mind that you have no responsibility to make others happy. Others make themselves happy. Thus, you may truly enjoy the company of another, but if you feel it is your mission to make them happy, then you are a dependent who will also feel gloom when the other person is down. Or even worse, you'll feel as though you let him down. You are responsible for your own emotions and so is everyone else. No one has control over your feelings, except you.

There's no such thing as difficulty when you live in the present moment, doing only what you can right now.

Observe the "strange coincidences" that seem to collaborate with fate and in some way steer you in a new direction.

allow that essential center of pure love to activate your unique usefulness.

If I don't have a story, I won't have to live up to it.

seek a way to give.

Teach your kids, and any children you can, to sanctify life.

Khalil Gibran stated it perfectly in The Prophet:

Living by Natural Law This verse speaks of a natural law that's unaffected by ego. The message? You're not in charge—you never have been, and you never will be. So you're advised to let go of any ideas you have about controlling anything or anyone, including yourself.

avoid the extremes, the excesses, and the extravagant, and know that all is unfolding perfectly, even if your thoughts tell you that it's imperfect.

Trust in your inner guidance and your Divine connection to the creator of worlds, rather than giving so much credence to whatever objectified information appears in your daily life that is an assault on your spiritual nature.

Consider the two ways of being presented in this verse of the Tao Te Ching: first to meld into, and therefore become at one with, your immediate surroundings; and to then simultaneously stay so relaxed that your stillness allows all things around you to settle, resulting in a deep clarity.

think of others first by being willing to serve and exhibit kindness and love

Don't judge yourself or others.

It's up to you to recognize that your belief that ego can control life is an illusion.

Don't try to delude yourself into believing that you enjoy something that you find distasteful. You can dislike something and still not have to be angry about it.

don't seek praise or run from it.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any time.

Live in accordance with the nature of things. In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. Stand by your word.

Get rid of the expectations you have for others. When the expectations go away, so will the anger.

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It is to enjoy each step along the way.

If you can meet triumph and disaster, and treat those two imposters just the same . . . yours is the earth and everything that's in it.

You must learn to assume responsibility for the circumstances of your life without any accompanying guilt.

I'll see it when I believe it.