Paying attention to the ethical implications of our choices has never been more pressing—or more complicated—than it is today.

Smiling at someone can have significant health consequences.

Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others.

When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.

Never feel ashamed of your longing for happiness.

Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier.

For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.

The idea that traumatic residues—or unresolved stories—can be inherited is groundbreaking.

The unconscious mind is a vast repository of experiences and associations that sorts things out much faster than the slow-moving conscious mind.

Buddhism has a term for the happiness we feel at someone else’s success or good fortune. Sympathetic joy, as it is known, invites us to celebrate for others.

Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.

What you do with ease is your passion. It is a realm of flow like a continuous flowing stream .

Fame is not the same as success, and in our true souls we know that.

Spread peace and love. Be the bearer of the light of love.

They don't directly listen to you.They just hear things within their minds that triggered by your words.

I'm too careless. I don't put out enough effort. I'm tired.

Remember, there's ultimately only one way to financial peace, and that's to walk daily with the Prince of Peace, Christ Jesus.

Survival of the fittest is over. Get over it. We need survival of the wisest.

I believe that no one can teach you how to act, but schools do give you an environment to make mistakes, to learn techniques and to learn professionalism.

Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place.

Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will.