What other people think of you is not your business. If you start to make that business your business, you will be offended for the rest of your life.

The real key is to live in an environment where the mind feels free to choose the right thing instead of being compelled by habit and inertia to choose the wrong thing.

My head monk asked how it was walking. I said it hurt without shoes. And he said, 'It hurts on the foot that's down, but the one that's up feels really good - so focus on that one'.

Customs change with time, so it isn't fair to permit change only when you happen to approve of it but condemn change citing biblical authority when you don't.

You belong in the scheme of the universe. There's nothing to be afraid of. You are Safe.

If your attention is focused only on the result, then you are no longer in the process. But if you're in the process, then the result is guaranteed.

If you choose, you can influence every aspect of your brain, and therefore every aspect of your life.