My experience is the opposite.

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.

Maktub" (It is written.)

Always be aware of what you are thinking. Pay attention to your thoughts because they drive the direction of your life.

I'd got to that age when I was out on a date with a guy and I would be thinking: Don't mention your age, don't mention that you want a child - because they would just run out the door.

It never hurts a fool to appear before an audience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling.

I have a dream of what would have happened if what happened instead hadn't.

So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it.

I infuse my life with love. I love what I do, the job.

Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.

Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible.

The secret of contentment lay in ignoring many things completely.