Idealism + Inaction = Depression

Life is a dance more than it is an assertion and there is more health in dynamism or fluidity than there is rigidity and stasis.

This world is your world but that doesn't mean you can always stop it from burning.

The final lesson is that 'reality' is always the way to go and that acceptance is the only way to get there.

Nobody is going to save you but yourself and the ‘best’ and only way to do so isthrough action.

If humans created it then it is the product of a choice that somebody made. And if it was chosen it can be changed.

There are two types of 'busy': 1)Constantly distracting yourself from what is true. 2) Constantly working to create something real.

If we go in to each situation that life throws at us with an attitude that we canlearn from it then we will never be truly defeated.

See yourself as a long-term work in progress, not a short-term project of preservation.

Only ever doing what feels comfortable is a form of suicide.

It is essential to our health and happiness that we dedicate ourselves to some kind of mission or purpose that transcends the mundane hustle and bustle of daily living.

The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness.

Better to be a catalyst for change than a martyr for lies.

Affection is when we can't find any flaws in the other. Maybe I could if I really wanted to, but I don't want to, I accept you as you are.

Have faith in 'What Is'. You will get your due, good or not so good, to your liking or not, but in time, as it is meant to be.

I'm not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays!

If your God is going to drown the world; if your God is going to bring a flood, then why don't you pick a different God?

Not every effort at loving difficult people will have a positive ending... We don't love people in hopes of a happy ending. We love them because it's the right thing to do.

I took Jujitsu for four years, which has no striking. My dad had me in Taekwondo when I was a kid, but I didn't retain much of that.

For the First Time in My Adult Lifetime, I'm Really Proud of My Country

Part book about creativity, part compendium of useful tidbits, quotations and research results, and part annotated bibliography, this is a wildly useful and highly entertaining resource.