
“What's happening is merely what's happening. How you feel about it is another matter.”
Source: Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1
Game of thrones with world chess champion Viswanathan Anand
“What's happening is merely what's happening. How you feel about it is another matter.”
Source: Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1
"Forgiveness" (7 July 2007)
Context: Now do we have to forgive and forget? No! In fact sometimes it's important to remember, so that you can prevent something like that from happening again, or know that it's not ok with you, even with that person or anyone else.
But forgiving — why not? Do it so that you can be free. And I guarantee you, you will be free of this thing. And even if you don't tell this person you've forgiven them, because sometimes you can't, it's amazing what will happen in your life, what will happen with that person, what will happen with you and other people, if you have a forgiving spirit and let it go.
It's personal discovery."
From an interview with Russell Brand in 2009
In interviews etc., About pop culture
“The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.”
Time (26 June 2006)
“Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.”
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants