The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing.

We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.

I envision a world in which the vast majority of us are actively striving toward our potential by serving others through mediums we are most passionate.

When you give your weakness permission to be because you understand that it is simply an expression of your strength, it tends to no longer be a weakness.

Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue.

When your words enter the material world in the form of ink or on screen, you are immediately afforded the opportunity to judge their worth.

In mastering one thing, you have mastered all things because you have learned how to learn.

This is what it means to be mindful. To watch the thoughts as they come and go without judgment while completely accepting what arises in the present moment.

You are the space in which these thoughts arise, but not the thoughts themselves.

For many of us, especially being so fortunate to live in a first-world country, the vast majority of pain we experience is due to the seriousness with which we identify with our thoughts.

The rare opportunity to exist, no matter how brief, is worth the pain left in the wake of its disappearance.

You will not know love if you do not know suffering, and you will never suffer if you have never loved.

Oh my god you're thicker than you look

The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else,and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit.

No-one ever votes Tory, do they?

Third time pays for all

Ted Cruz supported a 500-percent increase in the number of H-1 visas, the guest workers that are allowed into this country, and Ted supports doubling the number of green cards.

The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said.

Some people 'go' through life; and other people 'grow' through life. Which one are you?

Doing more and more with less and less is one form of being generous. In fact, the easiest way to become rich is by being generous.

I had a great education. From kindergarten to John Dewey High School in Coney Island, I am public-school educated.