Discouragement tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave.

The only way to cultivate a quiet mind is by planting seeds of silence.

Disappointment, discouragement, and despair are nothing but the bitter fruit of an unfulfilled expectation allowed to live beyond its time.

The only mistake that we can make as human beings is to be asleep, unaware of ourselves.

Psychologically speaking, what is true requires no protection, and never becomes negative when challenged. On the other hand, what is false almost never stops trying to protect itself, which it does by finding fault with whatever or whoever challenges the false image behind which it always hides.

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.

It's a paradox of the true spiritual path, but the more conscious we become of what limits us, the more limitless becomes our life.