The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe to relax the flight of freeze response.

Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.

Mindfulness is a pause - the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies.

Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.

We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.

On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.

There are some things we can't choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them

Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.

There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.

Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.

The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

You need tell me nothing

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

Research: the distance between an idea and its realization.

What I do is more than just the clothes. It's getting out whatever is inside that's screaming the loudest. I wouldn't call it therapeutic. It's not that conscious.

I have built my life to pursue the new. I don't have family, don't know many people and I am usually ready to leave within an hour.

Ah wonder if anybody this side of the Atlantic has ever bought a baseball bat with playing baseball in mind.

Gene sometimes... well, he has his dream list.

I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention.

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals