If we know what that set point is, we can predict fairly accurately when you will be in flow, and it will be when your challenges are higher than average and skills are higher than average.

the self expands through acts of self forgetfulness.

Participate as fully as possibly in the world around you.

It is better to look suffering straight in the eye, acknowledge and respect it’s presence, and then get busy as soon as possible focusing on things we choose to focus on.

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.

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.

Happiness is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated , and defended privately by each person.