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

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.

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

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

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.

A girl has to have a beautiful smile, Beautiful eyes and she should have a good sense of humor. She should be honest, loving and trustworthy.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

There is no branch of mathematics, however abstract, which may not some day be applied to phenomena of the real world.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.

Stalin didn't write any memoirs. He was too secretive. He was afraid people might read them.

I like to take long naps. I like long walks on the beach. The perfect day is back home, California, going to the beach with a couple of friends, laying out in the sunshine, get a nice bronze.

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

We Japanese enjoy the small pleasures, not extravagance. I believe a man should have a simple lifestyle - even if he can afford more.

Both my parents were migrant workers who came to the U.K. in the Fifties to better themselves. The culture I grew up in was to work hard, save hard and to look after your family.