Chasing after a pleasure to ease a pain is like running after a breeze to cool you down.

Self-pity is the campsite of self-defeat; it is a dark refuge for those parts of us that would rather wallow in what cannot be than dare to explore what is possible.

A whole new kind of spiritual happiness dawns in us as we realize that dark clouds do not ruin sunny skies... they merely pass through them to help us remember our love of the light.

Far better is it for you to go through one small thing that frightens you than to make a thousand plans for an imagined fearless day to come.

Anyone or anything that asks you to be untrue to yourself has already acted against you.

Every one of us lives in a world that is no larger and no smaller than our understanding.

Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?"