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.

The answers are never 'out there. ' All the answers are 'in there, ' inside you, waiting to be discovered.

To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they are addicts or alcoholics so they can speak in a meeting is shameful and demoralizing.

You can be happy if you are willing to let go of your past and leave yourself unencumbered so you can fly freely.

If you feel depressed for an hour, you've produced approximately eighteen billion new cells that have more receptors calling out for depressed-type peptides and fewer calling out for feel-good peptides.

Happiness comes from our response to the conditions of our lives.

The moment you make the internal changes necessary to obtain your goal, the outside world changes instantly.