Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Bring into your mind anyone against whom you have a grievance and let it go. Send that person your forgiveness.

Not every sky will be blue and not every day is springtime. So on the spiritual path a person learns to find this kind of happiness without needing nice things to happen on the outside. Rather, you find happiness by being who you really are. This isn't mystical. Young children are happy being who they are. The trick is to regain such a state when you are grown and have seen the light and dark sides of life.

The Rig Veda defines yoga as a union or "yoking" of the material and spiritual worlds, and it doesn't describe any physical postures other than the traditional cross-legged meditation pose.

Rigid belief systems, including skeptism, is signing up for the suppression of curiosity.

One of the unique things about the human brain is that it can do only what it thinks it can do. The minute you say 'my memory isn't what it used to be' or 'I can't remember a thing today.' You are actually training your brain to live up to your diminished expectations.

Isolation and loneliness create the conditions for rapid aging. The key is to stay connected and open to new relationships throughout your life.