We have nothing to fear from others because approval and acceptance lies within ourselves.from Chapter 4

Mindfulness develops the ability to be a real friend to ourselves.

Happy people tend to be those who take pleasure in simple things.

An imperfect creative expression is much more sensible and creative than a grammatically perfect expression without an iota of sense and value in it.

Love is like a knife. It can either hurt you or it's too dangerous to hold on too.

If economists did not concern themselves with economic efficiency, nobody would.

For a while after the rape, I was afraid of my own sexuality, because I got raped right about the time when I started developing physically.

Private charity discourages poverty while public subsidies encourage it.

I hope nobody I wrote about becomes too upset.

Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need.

We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.

Women are the more important members of relationships. Women are the survivors, the nurturers and the bosses, despite men pretending it's a male dominated society.