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.

The more time we spend considering the shortcomings of others, the smaller a person we become.

Do the moment-to-moment work of dropping anything that wants to drag you down, and Reality itself will see to it that you rise.

Listening to your own mind gives you "good reasons" why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who thinks it's funny to find new ways to hurt you!

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

False life is exhausting; Real Life is inexhaustible.

No condition outside ourselves can create a rut or trap us in it. It's impossible.