Self-awareness can't be built on looking at our pluses and minuses before we look at the most basic essence of what we are.

When we ask for heaven, we are asking for stasis. A form of comfort that will last for eternity. Yes, that is what we all want, the way we understand happiness.

Emotions can create problems that do not exist. It's fine to be justifiably angry. But, it's not okay to let that anger fester long enough to become bitterness.

Our time in this life is limited. And how we respect that time will create a greater possibility for fulfillment.

Our emotions are the way we experience the world. They are never wrong. It is only the conscious mind mismanaging that gets in the way.

The continual mismanagement is what keeps us from enjoying the full pallet of emotions that truly enrich us. .

Time is the great doctor of your life. You have to respect the doctor. The devouring self is the patient. Listen to the doctor.

Think of destiny more like potentiality because of an element called - free will.

Egoistical opinion that a man is the king of nature was created by the man himself, so he can justify his wrong decisions.

What does the universe want from us? It wants us to be alive. It wants us to fully partake in life. The universe thrives on the music we create.

When there are no conflicts In you, between material wealth and spiritual life, you have found yourself.

Confidence creates courage.

The more you get set into your own world, the smaller your world becomes.

I'm convinced that petting a puppy is good luck.

The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.

It's the height of the Cold War, but I grew up in apolitical family and politics wasn't on the agenda.

The man who invented instant pudding was moved to action by an inability to wait for pudding.

A know-it-all is a person who knows everything except for how annoying he is.

You must look most intimately and discover for yourself; then it is your own, not somebody else’s, not something that you have been told, because there is no teacher and no follower.

That's just my disposition - to create a situation where you have to come up with something.

He thought that I was after him for a feather--- The white one in his tail: like one who takes everything said as personal to himself.