Many people spend their entire lifetimes wishing that other people would acknowledge them. They feel this especially about their parents, spouses, children, and friends.

we need to break the habit of overreacting because of our speedy assumption and judgments

True happiness comes not when we get rid of all of our problems,but when we change our relationship to them, when we see our problems as a potential source of awakening, opportunities to practice, and to learn.

If we would just slow down, happiness would catch up to us.

Don't sweat the small stuff...and it's all small stuff.

Children listen best with their eyes. What you do is what they hear.

We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're all less than perfect.