If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation.

Hope sustains the spirit.

The main point of democracy is to deliver positive results for the majority.

Only cowards insult dying majesty.

Life isn't about constantly trying to scale peak after peak, it's about living at a high plateau & thriving

The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.

There seemed a gulf impassable between them.

Things like depression and obesity are global challenges.

Philosophy leads to death, sociology leads to suicide.

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet once in a bar very late at night, but do not enter into relations. But not for the novel.