The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

... creative output depends on creative input.

Prayer does not fit us for the greater work

Superficial efficiency seems cheaper at first, but it costs more the long run, with the cost being pushed off onto someone other than the one who saves a few bucks.

Of the things we fashioned for them that they might be comforted, dawn is the one that works.

I've always been a fan at home. That's the one joke I have with Sam [Champion]. "I've always loved you! I remember wanting to be you in grade school!"

The very concept of universal formal education is a product (and a relatively late product) of the capitalist world-economy.

He makes a beggar first that first relieves him; Not us'rers make more beggars where they live Than charitable men that use to give.

Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.

As a student of American culture, I am willing to argue that the Twist is a valid manifestation of the Age of Anxiety.

You never judge a day by the weather!