Understand that there is no relationship between your inner happiness and your inner joy and the outer things that you experience and behold in the world, that it all begins with you, the world is a mirror to your own Self, when you can look at things and feel joy not in the things but in yourself.

As you begin this day, tell yourself, Today I am incarnated anew! I am released from the hypnosis of my old habits and mistakes! Everything that I have long dreamed of doing I will accomplish in this, my new life.

Maturity is the ability to relate appropriately to other realities than one's own.

The two-fold goal of all human striving is the avoidance of pain, and the fulfillment of happiness.

You can accept it that it may be true what somebody else says, but until you have experienced it, it is not dynamic to your own awareness.

Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.

The secret of friendship is expressing kindness with your eyes and through the tone of your voice, not only with words.