You’re either the one that creates the automation or you’re getting automated.

When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say 'wow, that was an adventure,' not 'wow, I sure felt safe.'

Bootstrapping is a way to do something about the problems you have without letting someone else give you permission to do them.

Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled ‘This could change your life’.

No thought is a stupid thought, those who are thoughtless are thought of as stupid.

Let's stop fighting over who we believe created the planet, & work together against those that choose to destroy it.

Remember when we used to laugh at old people when we were young? Do you recall what was so funny?

a joy that hurts with sadness a sadness that is pleasurable a pleasure full of terror a terror that excites an excitement that calms a calmness that frightens.

Warmakers are often wrong. ... Peace advocates are sometimes right, especially when their ideas are not only morally sound but politically realistic

Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you. When you occupy it, step into it consciously, you live it.

Love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else.

Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence.