Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue.

We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.

I envision a world in which the vast majority of us are actively striving toward our potential by serving others through mediums we are most passionate.

When you give your weakness permission to be because you understand that it is simply an expression of your strength, it tends to no longer be a weakness.

When your words enter the material world in the form of ink or on screen, you are immediately afforded the opportunity to judge their worth.

In mastering one thing, you have mastered all things because you have learned how to learn.

This is what it means to be mindful. To watch the thoughts as they come and go without judgment while completely accepting what arises in the present moment.

You are the space in which these thoughts arise, but not the thoughts themselves.

For many of us, especially being so fortunate to live in a first-world country, the vast majority of pain we experience is due to the seriousness with which we identify with our thoughts.

The rare opportunity to exist, no matter how brief, is worth the pain left in the wake of its disappearance.

Constantly re-evaluating your purpose is the best way to ensure that you are pursuing the goals of who you are and not who you used to be.

They said that love was terrifying and tender, wild and sweet, and none of it made any sense.But now I knew that every mad word was true.

Any fool can write a bad advertisement, but it takes a genius to keep his hands off a good one.

You must love and care for yourself because that's when the best comes out.

I don't want to do the same thing over and over again.

Don't fall into the trap of believing so deeply in your own ideology that you cannot even see the flaws in it.

As words have an effective power of their own, curses reported against someone might turn against the speaker.

Senator Obama's support among hardworking Americans - white Americans - is weakening.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.

Be the designer of your own destiny.