Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.

No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time - in fact, the only time - to make a real change in your life is in the moment of seeing the need for it. He who hesitates always gets lost in the hundred reasons why tomorrow is a better day to get started.

Believing that anxious thoughts and feelings can restore order to your life is like using a chain-saw to fold your laundry.

Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval - is like cutting a flower into pieces so that it will fit into a vase.

False life is exhausting; Real Life is inexhaustible.

Each moment of every one of my relationships serves as the secret path to the summit of myself.

Looking to any angry, anxious, or otherwise stressed emotional state to help you sort out the pain you're in is like trying to organize your monthly bills by throwing them into a blender