When we feel stuck, going nowhere-even starting to slip backward-we may actually be backing up to get a running start.
You can change your life with a simple shift of attention. But to make that simple shift, you have to find your heart. It’s the only way. Accept yourself, then transcend yourself.
The journey is what brings us happiness, not the destination.
This planet is a divine school, and daily life a classroom. Our choice of teachers depends on what we need to learn.
Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.
When you release your expectations that the world should fulfill you, your disappointments vanish.
Your fears are not walls, but hurdles. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquering of it.
There is no path to Happiness. Happiness is the path. There is no path to Love. Love is the path. There is no path to Peace. Peace is the path.
Find the heart of it. Make the complex simple, and you can achieve mastery.
Life is not a private affair. A story and its lessons are only made useful if shared.
To see where something leads, it’s best to wait until you’ve reached the end.
A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does.
Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.
If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
I had lost my mind and fallen into my heart.
The quality of your moments produces the quality of your life. So, as thoughts come and go and the waves of mind rush on, Carpe punctum-Seize this moment. It deserves your full attention, for it will not pass your way again.
There are times to let things happen, and times to make things happen. Now is that time. You will either make things happen, watch what happens, or wonder what happened.
If you want a kinder world, then behave with kindness; if you want a peaceful world, make peace within.
Everything you’ll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
In the real world, those of us who are most productive, successful, and satisfied focus not on fixing feelings or manipulating thoughts, but on what needs to be done-and then doing it-no matter what thoughts or feelings arise.