Awareness levels the playing field. We are all humans doing the best we can.

Smiling at someone can have significant health consequences.

Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others.

When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.

Never feel ashamed of your longing for happiness.

Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier.

For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.

The idea that traumatic residues—or unresolved stories—can be inherited is groundbreaking.

The unconscious mind is a vast repository of experiences and associations that sorts things out much faster than the slow-moving conscious mind.

Buddhism has a term for the happiness we feel at someone else’s success or good fortune. Sympathetic joy, as it is known, invites us to celebrate for others.

Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.

Some of the madmen are really fun to be with. I soon learnt to relate to them. I soon became one of them. I ended up the maddest of the mad. There is no madder than myself! Please believe it.

The American Medical Association operating from a platform of negative vigilance presents no solutions but busily fights each change and then loudly supports it against the next proposal.

I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on it.

My favorite teams are the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Jets.

Oh England is a pleasant place for them that's rich and high, But England is a cruel place for such poor folks as I

Individuality is very important for a full human life.

I feel anger and I feel understanding. It's a difficult position to be in.

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.

I do think there is a strange idea that the media has that if you tell the public what you think, they can no longer think for themselves.

Capital goes where it is welcome and stays where it is well treated.