For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency.

People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

You mainly feel the way you think.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.

If you would stop, really stop, damning yourself, others, and unkind conditions, you would find it almost impossible to upset yourself emotionally - about anything. Yes, anything.

By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.

Stop shoulding on yourself

Neurosis is just a high-class word for whining.

The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.

The trouble with most therapy is that it helps you feel better. But you don't get better. You have to back it up with action, action, action.

Everytime you fall, you fly for a second.

EYou reveal your character by what you do with what you have.

I always, always got to be the last man standing.

And without thinking, without planning it, without worrying about the fact that fifty people were watching, Harry kissed her.

All lived lives of dignity and repression.

The book [ One Thousand Gifts] took just over a year to write, on the fringe hours, early and late, around home educating 6 kids and farming and blogging.

We are the children equally of the Sky and the Earth.

I do not hold with those who think it is all right to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Who's to be the judge of that?

You can't understand it until you experience the simple joy of the first time your son points at a seagull and says 'Duck!'

Why can't I beat up John Cena?