Chasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort.

Self-compassion - being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure - is associated with more motivation and better self-control.

My favorite definition of the mindful path is the one the reveals itself as you walk down it. You cannot find the path until you step on to it.

Go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that follows.

When you choose to view your stress response as helpful, you create the biology of courage.

When you choose to connect with others under stress, you can create resilience.

The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention.

You can deal with stressful life experiences with strength from past ones.

When your mind is preoccupied, your impulses—not your long-term goals—will guide your choices.

People come up with resolutions that don’t reflect what matters most to them, and that makes them almost guaranteed to fail.

The development of willpower -I will, I won't and I want- may define what it means to be human.

Only the ship is made of books, its sails thousands of overlapping pages, and the sea it floats upon is dark black ink.

Life is a product of time

Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade.

The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself

I keep things real simple because I know where I came from and I don't ever want to go back to that way of living.

I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.

What is self-image? Who started talking about one? I rather fancy it was Madison Avenue.

Every conversation is a form of Jazz. The activity of instantaneous creation is as ordinary to us as breathing.