I now believe that bêtes noires usually attack because we're thwarting our own destinies. Calming the beast turns us toward our best lives.

If you’re doing something you love with people you love in a place you love, you are going to create something of value to the world.

External circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances.

Trust in your truth. It will be the best decision you ever make.

In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved to accommodate it.

Your individuality is the most valuable thing you have.

The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel special, desirable, precious, innately good. Your lover couldn't have seen [these qualities] in you, even temporarily, if they weren't part of your essential being.