Bottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it's true.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

who wants flowers when youre dead? nobody.

Knowledge is power, I said at last. "Let's do it.

Nothing humbles a rich man better than a poor man that isn’t willing to do ‘anything’ for money.

Take your feet of of the brakes, push the pedal, give yourself the green light and be unstoppable.

He was not of an age but for all time.

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for nonactivity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will destroy our culture and ourselves.

It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill.

If somebody needs, like, a phone call every day or some kind of constant companionship, I'm not a really good friend for them. I can talk to my best friend every couple years and be really happy.

Everything that I own and use are in a carry-on suitcase.