There's no nightmare you can't wake yourself up from.

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.

Great is the sin. But greater is God's grace.

The momentum of the mind can be vexingly, involuntarily capricious.

The bright side of the planet moves toward darknessAnd the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour, And for me, now as then, it is too much.There is too much world.

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

She'd been fed anti-consumerist bullshit by her parents but didn't understand simple economics.

There is still plenty of good music to be written in C major.

The terms socialist and communist are mostly about describing the world we want after capitalism, and I think they are both important.

One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it.

I'd like to be queen of people's hearts.

Grover and Nico came back from their walk, and Grover helped me fix up my wounded arm. "It's green!" Nico said with delight.