The path of the knowledgeable, successful person, which only leads to supreme good fortune and great success is always directly in front of you.

Alcohol and drugs are not the problems; they are what people are using to help themselves cope with the problems. Those problems always have both physical and psychological components- anything from anemia, hypoglycemia, or a sluggish thyroid to attention deficient disorder, brain-wave pattern imbalances, or deep emotional pain.

You can open to the idea that whatever happened to you in the past eventually turned out or will turn out to be a benefit to you.

The true source of happiness is within each of us.

The best way for you to get that new experience is to change your response to what happens.

The Zen of doing anything is doing it with a particular concentration of mind, a calmness and simplicity of mind, that brings the experience of enlightenment and, through that experience, happiness.

Even if it is painful and lonely, associate with worthy companions.