Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.

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.

Love is effortless attention.

If I am identified with my relationship, with my house, or with my money, I am doomed to suffer.

The great ones in life are not those who are handed silver spoons. Their excellence comes from digging into the raw ore of their own character, through hard work, persistence and faith turning whatever they touch into gold.

It's time to break our ties with anything in us that would rather complain about its situation than go to work to change it.

Everything passes. There is great beauty in this, both in the passing of pain and in the passing of pleasure. When things present themselves to you as permanent, don't believe it.