Thought is cause: experience is effect. If you don't like the effects in your life, you have to change the nature of your thinking.

Life is a book that never ends. Chapters close, but not the book itself. The end of one physical incarnation is like the end of a chapter, on some level setting up the beginning of another.

If we lose a job, we are easily tempted into thoughts like, "Ain't it awful? There aren't any jobs out there. This is terrible. It'll be awhile before the economy comes back. Even if they're hiring someone, they're not hiring someone my age with my resume." And that's really what causes the crash and burn. The fact is, there are Fortune 500 companies that have been founded during recessions.

I have lived enough to know great things will unfold for me externally only if I allow them to unfold for me internally.

The revolution of ideas that will save us is a revolution of goodwill, of compassion, and of higher thinking. I believe that they outnumber the people who would choose fear. But they are not a particularly politicized force. If you look at the numbers of people buying books about revolutions from within and personal transformation as the key to global change, the numbers add up to a much greater audience than most people realize.

To become romantic artists, we must pierce the armor that hides our hearts, and the piercing is not comfortable.

The more we allow ourselves to enjoy, the more reasons we find to be joyful.