I believe the ultimate goal of living and refining your values is to identify and achieve congruence with universal principles.
To abandon a comfortable lifestyle that isn’t deeply fulfilling is to abandon nothing.
Negative feelings mean you’re going the wrong way.
Whatever happens to me during the course of my life – physically, socially, or financially – I can always choose to focus on giving. When I’m in that state, nothing else matters. I cease to exist as a separate being and merge into an expression of divine oneness.
No one on earth has lived through the exact same experiences you have, and no one thinks the exact same thoughts you do.
People in their early 20s are invariably weird.
If you really believe something, you will act in accordance with that belief – always. If you believe in gravity, you will never attempt to defy it. If you claim to hold a belief but act incongruently, then you don’t actually believe it. You’re only kidding yourself. Casual faith isn’t.
One of the fundamental choices you face in every encounter is the choice to approach or avoid.
If you aren’t working on your goals, you aren’t working. You’re just wasting time.
Replace “Have to” with “Want to.”
It’s been said that the first hour is the rudder of the day. I’ve found this to be very true in my own life. If I’m lazy or haphazard in my actions during the first hour after I wake up, I tend to have a fairly lazy and unfocused day.
It’s important to note that you don’t have to earn money from all of your interests. If you just dive in and pursue what you enjoy, you may be surprised to find out which interests help you generate income and which don’t.
If you experience chronic difficulties in a particular area of your life, there’s a strong chance that the root of the problem is a failure to accept reality as it is.
You must give before you can get.
Our brains are fairly powerful, but our conscious minds are still extremely limited in their ability to hold onto multiple simultaneous thoughts.
Planning allows you to mentally create a model of your future.
It’s funny that when people reach a certain age, such as after graduating college, they assume it’s time to go out and get a job. But like many things the masses do, just because everyone does it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
People often overestimate what they can reasonably achieve in a year. But they vastly underestimate what they can achieve in 5 years.
I think the best friendships are those that can stand the test of time, where the friendship is based more on who you are than on what you do or what you have.
Side effect of overemphasizing the importance of personal security in your life is that it can cause you to live reactively.