Quotes from Caroline Myss

I do a lot of reflection. I do. I spend a lot of time in reflection and contemplation. I guess the way the old mystics used to do. I don't do meditation. That's not for me. It's not my thing.

We're actually making not one but 30 choices at a time: Our mind is making a choice. Our heart's making choices.

Self-love means caring for ourselves enough to forgive people in our past so that the wounds can no longer damage us - for our wounds do not hurt the people who hurt us, they hurt only us.

Never, ever mistreat someone who loves you. Because you're not entitled to that love.

The love that flows through your heart purifies not only your own spirit, but the love you share with others.

A compromise is done willingly and out of love. You don't go away thinking, "I betrayed myself."

I have to trust that there is a force greater than me that also knows and sees this, and breathes with it and knows that it's part of a grander plan, and all the good things people do matter.

Self-examination is the process of accountability to your soul...It is far better to "become" your truth than to speak your truth. Self-examination is the practice of becoming your truth.

Seeing and admitting the truth about ourselves, about our role in creating our own problems, and about how we relate to others is vital for healing.

You cannot make a miracle like love happen.

People define their life by what they want versus what they have. People get fixated on something and they have to have it, even though that voice inside tells them it's not meant for them.

Our lives are structured around power symbols: money, authority, title, beauty, security.

If you have life, you have purpose.

Surrendering the need for an explanation represents a profound act of personal transformation.

Healing comes from gathering wisdom from past actions and letting go of the pain that the education cost you.

consistent: live what you believe.

manipulation is the art of making another person's spirit dance for personal amusement, and only through honoring oneself do we become strong enough to refuse to dance.

Having to say, "If this is what I must accept, so be it," can feel like chewing glass, but not being able to accept what you cannot change is like having to swallow those shards of glass.

You cannot come to know the depths of the purpose of your life, however, if you are not willing to release those parts of your life that are no longer necessary.

The wounded child sees the Divine as operating a reward and punishment system, with humanly logical explanations for all painful experiences. The wounded child does not understand that within all experiences, no matter how painful, lie spiritual insights. So long as we think like a wounded child, we will love conditionally and with great fear of loss.

Each of us has a dark side, along with our own grace and light. The extent to which we can acknowledge the former while maximizing the latter may determine how we choose to fulfill the terms of our Contract. When the shadow side takes over even one person, the consequences are tragically felt by many.

Meeting the "self" activates the transformation of human consciousness

Nothing exists without a purpose. And we humans are subject to the laws of nature just as everything else on earth is.

You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone