The best way that we can begin to produce positive change is to make peace with what is in ourselves and others, and then work to move forward and make life even better.

Change is not a one-way street- it involves two parties: the person who is changing and the people who notice it.

When we do what we have to do we are compliant. When we do what we choose to do we are committed.

The only way to cure the disease is to find happiness and meaning now.

People will do something—including changing their behavior—only if it can be demonstrated that doing so is in their own best interests as defined by their own values.

Research indicates that the desire to achieve the skills associated with success is more highly correlated with achievement than the desire for success itself.

The great Western disease is, ‘I'll be happy when... When I get the money. When I get a BMW. When I get this job. When I get the relationship,’ Well, the reality is, you never get to when. The only way to find happiness is to understand that happiness is not out there. It's in here. And happiness is not next week. It's now.