You're not insensitive or indifferent, but you're also not vulnerable to the upheavals that cause emotional stress because you can buffer that... So that's the result of meditation; you could call that emotional balance.

To grant forgiveness to someone who has truly changed is not a way of condoning or forgetting his or her past crimes, but of acknowledging whom he or she has become.

we find that the optimists have an undeniable advantage over the pessimists. Many studies show that they do better on exams, in their chosen profession, and in their relationships, live longer and in better health, enjoy a better chance of surviving postoperative shock, and are less prone to depression and suicide.

It is in learning music that many youthful hearts learn to love.

We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

Placebos are like the lollipop of optimism, but we can do much better by dealing directly with the mind... And it works!

If you want to know the future, look at what is in your mind