Strong feelings are fine; it's the overreactions that mess us up.

People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

You mainly feel the way you think.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own.

If you would stop, really stop, damning yourself, others, and unkind conditions, you would find it almost impossible to upset yourself emotionally - about anything. Yes, anything.

By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.

Stop shoulding on yourself

Neurosis is just a high-class word for whining.

The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.

The trouble with most therapy is that it helps you feel better. But you don't get better. You have to back it up with action, action, action.

You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.

I think I'm going to Katmandu, that's really, really where I'm going to

Not a Harvard-type education, just a not-sticking-up-a-liquor-store-type education.

You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you're battling with everything you have. That's the real fun of the game.

I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.

Affection is the broadest basis of a good life.

Good taste - that's all you really need when you're playing an instrument.

Don't ever fret over married children; they will take care of themselves.

If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that.

Loving someone who doesn't love you is like waiting for a ship at the airport.