A good marriage is not a gift

Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to failure.

Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.

Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body.

Your thoughts, vividly imagined and repeated, charged with emotion, become your reality.

We are primarily the products of thinking that happens below the level of awareness.

Learning was a by-product of her search for pleasure

Conflict is just another chance for agreement.

Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art

Personal power depends on the power of imagination

The gods too are fond of a joke.

...we have something they want. Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places. We should be thankful that we know better.

Music was a balm for any weary soul. It could either lift a person out of the doldrums or comfort him if there was no other solace to be had.

Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult. I blamed myself for a lot of things. It took me a very long time to get over it.

You won't see me in a better mood than 4:00 in the morning on my way to work.

England in the '60s and the '70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically.

A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.

When you're young, you think you can handle anything. By the time you find out otherwise, it's already too late. You got a stocking wrapped around your neck.

I think that the needs in human life will change and grow and evolve. I do think that that the importance will always be grander than you would ever believe them to be.