A joyful life isn’t about others; it’s about the brightness that is associated with being alive. Your path to it is through anything that replaces thinking with pure flight, pure joy.

You are lovable. Can you show me any baby in any nursery who isn't priceless? No. There's no such thing as a worthless newborn. And the essential value that was born into brand-new-baby you can never be extinguished. This means that even if you think you're being absolutely honest, believing yourself to be anything other than astonishing, incomparable, and infinitely precious makes you a habitual liar.

Most unhappy people need to learn just one lesson: how to see themselves through the lens of genuine compassion, and treat themselves accordingly.

To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.

Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want.

Stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you.

Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back.