I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.

We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster.

To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature.

Stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you.

Whenever you go somewhere that speaks to your soul, you are going home to yourself.

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.

If you're miserable, make a choice. If you're still miserable, you can choose again.

The more you claim your own destiny, the easier it will be to love unconditionally .

Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.

I'd like to help repair the earth's ecosystems, and to fully live until I'm fully dead.

Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die.

Question every thought that causes suffering and test it against your own sense of truth.

Forcing yourself to think happy lies doesn't heal your dreams. Getting to the truth does.

Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.

The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment.

To attract something that you want, become as joyful as you think that thing would make you.

Be brave enough to turn away from shiny objects, and toward the light that makes them shine.

Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.

People who get what they want tend to be the ones who make the effort to know what they want.

Tiny steps will get you to your goal months and months sooner. A little is better than a lot.

As soon as you think you know someone else's truth better than they do, you are in deep water.

No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.

You do not owe anyone your time. When you realize that, others will respect your time much more.

Ten bajillion product ads notwithstanding, your looks are another thing that's basically genetic.

If you begin to face your fears, something bittersweet is going to happen to you: You'll grow up.

External circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances.

Make stuff up. Anyone who ever did something new or interesting was making it up as they went along.

Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals.

I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.

Remember, intimacy increases with honesty. Share less to keep people away and more to draw them closer.

Imagine the choices you'd make if you had no fear-of falling, of losing, of being alone, of disapproval.

Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.

To be really productive, it's as important to rest when we're tired as it is to work when we're inspired.

Don't fight fearful thoughts. Just match each one with an alternative thought that brings you more peace.

Your first daily priority should be stillness, attention to what you really know and what you really feel.

Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want.

My anguish came from my hypothesis that other people's hypothetical hypotheses about me mattered. Ridiculous!

Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back.

I want you to be supervised, all day every day, by people who forgive your errors and believe in your destiny.

Don't let your life revolve around whatever you're trying not to do or feel. Live to experience, not to avoid.

It seems to me at this moment that laughing is a serious thing, that it connects us with truth and love and God.

I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.

Peace is more than just a feeling. It's the mental and physical frequency where you'll find all your real power.

Do something today that you think is too delicious, too selfish, too wacky to fit within the rules of your life.

Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.

A true leader is not someone who feels fully informed but someone who continuously receives insight and guidance.

To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.

No part of your experience is wasted. Everything you've experienced so far is part of what you were meant to learn.

If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.

This very moment of your life, if you experience it fully, will show you astonishing wonders and exquisite delights.

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