We all enjoy pushing ourselves to accomplish our objectives. But we don't need stress to get there.

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.

A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.

If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it.

The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances.

Negative thoughts stick around because we believe them, not because we want them or choose them.

The reason humans experience so much more stress than other species isn't just because we think more, but also because we think differently.

Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.

Stress is the negative whirlwind of emotions that gets imposed on top of our stimulation and engagement.

Some people are so used to experiencing stress that they don't remember what life was like without it.

Statism – the subordination of the individual to the state - leads inevitably to the most hideous oppression.

I read, write and create. I must lose myself in work, so that there is no space for the other/anything else.

When you say to someone "follow your heart", it actually refers to the rhetorical representation of various emotions, that are precisely produced from neural activity of the limbic system.

In any moment of time, you have three paths to choose from. You stand for something, you stand against something, or you drop both, and walk with your inner truth.

A writer travels through the heart again and again to express the beauty of its contents.

Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

How about this, have you ever farted so hard you shivered?

I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him.

The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.

I rely on a lot of green drinks to get my vegetables.