Low self-esteem is not possible when you understand the nature of everything. Depression is not possible. The universe is absolutely friendly.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

A sense of mission lostin ink'sjagged outcrops.I was trying to tell myselfwhat I must have knownbeforein a formI wouldn't recognize at first.

Some books you read and savor. Some, you carry close to your heart.

Yearning is the word that best describes a common psychological state shared by many of us, cutting across boundaries of race, class, gender, and sexual practice.

That the play is the tragedy, “Man,” And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.

Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.

If you can't pass the ball properly, a bowl of pasta's not going to make that much difference!

That's America, competition.

When we are old, our friends find it difficult to please us, and are less concerned whether we be pleased or not.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

It don't take long to kill things. Not like it does to grow.