How we feel about ourselves, the joy we get from living, ultimately depends directly on how the mind filters and interprets everyday experiences. Whether we are happy depends on inner harmony, not on the controls we are able to exert over the great forces of the universe.

A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe.

The germ of an idea doesn't make the sculpture that stands up... so the next stage is hard work

the self expands through acts of self forgetfulness.

Discipline is not always internalized and actually can breed resentment among children.

Only direct control of experience, the ability to derive moment-by-moment enjoyment from everything we do, can overcome the obstacles to fulfillment.

One of the surest ways to enrich life is to make experiences less fleeting.