Goals transform a random walk into a chase.

Knowing oneself is not so much a question of discovering what is present in one's self, but rather the creation of who one wants to be.

We can either help to make this world a more incredible place than it has ever been, or we can hasten its return to inorganic dust.

Sir John Templeton: "My ethical principle in the first place was: 'Where could I use my talents that God gave me to help the most people?'"

Socializing is more positive than being alone, that's why meetings are so popular. People don't like being alone. That would be, however, an important skill to learn.

People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy.

Why is it that, despite having achieved previously undreamed-of miracles of progress, we seem more helpless in facing life than our less privileged ancestors were? The answer seems clear: while humankind collectively has increased its material powers a thousandfold, it has not advanced very far in terms of improving the content of experience.