It is important to be considerate of the future, but when we invest all of our present in our future hopes, we are placing a lot of value on what is inevitably in doubt.

Happiness is a beautiful feeling. It is a beautiful mind, and a peaceful mind

Desire also creates a sense of attachment in the mind. Not only are we attached to our way of thinking and of seeing the world, but we become over-attached to the people or things we desire.

We can become fearless as we let go off our grasp on the fear of failure, because failure too is a perception rather than a reality.

Through meditation, difficult thoughts and emotions may well rise up. And through practice, you can meet such emotions with kindness, listen to them, explore them and then really let them go.

We are nourished by our relationships and generosity in return to our kindness and compassion for others.

Someone who is said to have a big ego is thought to be full of themselves, to lack the ability to listen, to always rush to be at the top of the tree and to think their own ideas are the best.

It is through the filter of our ego that we give meaning to everything we see, touch, hear, taste and feel.

Think about the suffering we cause ourselves internally through getting angry or jealous.

Having a roof over your head with enough food to eat is a fundamental need of all humans if they are to achieve happiness.

The tendency of the human mind is to see the world with a ‘dualistic’ view that describes everything through comparisons: good and bad, pain and happiness, beauty and ugliness, rich and poor.

Are you thinking? Are you creating? Ask yourself whenever you feel boring?

There is no great path to greatness than true service. He who knows how to serve from a true heart and spirit knows what it takes to be truly great

I was too busy fighting the river to worry about adjusting my beliefs in accordance to reality.

Yeh don’ have ter be ashamed of what yeh are.

I give priority to up-bringing over education because the ultimate goal of up-bringing is morals, and we have a more urgent need for morals than for knowledge.

Some gods may cross your path, but why should gods be beautiful? They could also be frightening.

I am safe when i express my feelings. I can be serene in any situation

History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

Many men are loved by their enemies, and hated by their friends, and are the friends of their enemies, and the enemies of their friends.

At one point in my practice, of the 10 largest home builders in the United States, seven of the 10 were my clients.