Though we often see life troughs as the universe's conspiracy to ruin us, they're actually our own true nature inviting us to lay down our weary heads.

Bad habits fill needs, so find good alternatives for them.

I’ll tell you what it’s time to do right now. It’s time to set your schedule in order so that you don’t look back on the day of your death and wonder why you never really lived. It’s time to ignore the opinions of those who think your life should be all about their cause, their rules, their agenda, and not your soul’s desire. It’s time to stop flagellating and start dancing.

Your first daily priority should be stillness, attention to what you really know and what you really feel.

You will know how to stop suffering as soon as suffering ceases to be valuable. If you are in pain, you are being led.

People who get what they want tend to be the ones who make the effort to know what they want.

The end goal of all of this striving is to live joyfully, and that there are often more direct ways of achieving this than conforming to rigid standards set by social custom.