Laughter is essential to our equilibrium, to our well-being, to our aliveness. If we're not well, laughter helps us get well. If we are well, laughter helps us stay that way.

Pain (any pain--emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: We would be more alive if we did more of this and Life would be more lovely if we did less of that. Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away.

When we realize one Dream, sometimes a deeper Dream reveals itself. At other times a parallel Dream appears. The one that scares the hell out of you is probably it.

If you're not playing a big enough game, you'll screw up the game you're playing just to give yourself something to do.

Find your horse. Discover the direction the horse is going. Ride the horse in that direction.

The purpose of education is to make the choices clear to people, not to make the choices for people.

Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks, automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.