The perfect world is created when the mind is free to see it.

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.

Reply when questioned on the safety of the polio vaccine he developed:It is safe, and you can't get safer than safe.

Every damaged soul deserves the chance to love again.

Your loyalty to friends and family should have no limit, although it may be expressed in ways that others cannot understand.

Smugness is the Great Catholic Sin.

The legs are the wheels of creativity.

Philanthropy is the market for love. It is the market for all those people for whom there is no other market coming.

I've sold my records outta shopping carts on the street.

If you want something badly enough, you make arrangements. If you don't want it badly enough, you make excuses.

Science can never grapple with the irrational. That is why it has no future before it, in this world.

Surely life has taught you that a thing can be both beautiful and vile.