If you are worrying about reputation, you are taking time away from doing the things that really matter.

...the longer one stays in full flight from reality, the more painful will be the landing.

...frankly, many times, the people that we resent either have no idea about it or could care less.

We are not obliged to like everyone, only to love and forgive everyone, sometimes from a distance.

Ego doesn't want us to be loving, forgiving and kind to each other or even to ourselves.

Desire as a motivator for achievement and even for survival isn't a bad thing. It's when desire drives us to grab more than our share or harm others that issues arise.

Our reputations are so out of our control that it's laughable how much time and effort so many of us put into trying to "control" them.

Ego very much wants to make you think that your self worth is all about what you possess, what you've accomplished, and who you know.

When relying solely on ego, we are given many messages that are contrary to the achievement of that happy and fulfilling life that most of us actually desire.

The ego is never satisfied. So, if you're not satisfied with what you have right now, consider what is driving you.

The more "things" I have, the more time I spend thinking about them, moving them around, fixing them, looking for them, or upgrading them.

You might try doing what my folks did. Twice a week they would go out for a special meal. . . with wine good food and soft lighting. Dad took Tuesday and Mom took Thursday.

The satisfaction you get when you finally beat your dad is amazing, that rush of adrenaline.

Invisible is real. Souls have their own world.

Here in the enclave, one didn't prosper by demonstrating too much independent thought.

I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.

The only person to get even with are those who have helped you.

You are the master of your own earthly destiny just as surely as you have the power to control your own thoughts

Do not wander far and wide but return into yourself. Deep within man there dwells the truth.

As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate.

I used to throw things out, saying, 'This isn't great.' It didn't occur to me that it didn't have to be great.