Act as if the future of the universe depends on what you do, while laughing at yourself for thinking that your actions make any difference.

Whatever the dictates of fashion, it seems that those who take the trouble to gain mastery over what happens in consciousness do lead a happier life.

Goals transform a random walk into a chase.

...if we expended all our energies solely on taking care of our own needs we would stop growing. In that respect what we call "soul" can be viewed as the surplus energy that can be invested into change and transformation. As such, it is the cutting edge of evolution.

Entropy is the normal state of consciousness - a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable.

And, in fact, you can find that the lack of basic resources, material resources, contributes to unhappiness, but the increase in material resources do not increase happiness.

It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were.