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.

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.

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.

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.

#quote In the harshest conditions is when we know better the people around us. En las condiciones más duras es cuando conocemos mejor a las personas que nos rodean.

Intelligence is often worshiped, even when that intelligence allows unfathomable injustice and suffering to occur under its smart watch.

He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps.

Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life.

I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.

If you pretend everything's fine long enough, everything eventually becomes fine.

Decide that you will not try to do everything at once. That is why time is spread out.

Enjoy saying "no!" but don't make it the wellspring of your vitality. Be fueled by blood-red yeses.

I think just as a person, if you say you follow Christ, you have to stand up for the injustices that are going on in the world.

By the end of the first month of the 1995 session, each senator will have made more money than any person who works 40 hours a week at minimum wage for the entire year.