Feel about yourself what you would have others feel about themselves.

If you ask people, as I often do, how they make decisions, 'lucky' people will talk about tuning in to information and instincts, while 'unlucky' people often mention pushing away the uncomfortable feeling they were headed for trouble.

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.

The only map of your right life is written on your soul at its most peaceful, and the only sure compass is your heart at its most open.

I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.

The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are.

The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.