Self knowledge is the stepping stop to self mastery.

Have the guts to be true to yourself. Nothing more.

The most satisfied and enlightened people realize that successful and dynamic living starts from within. Before you can care for others, you must care for yourself.

Understand the acute difference between the cost of something and the value of something.

The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone. Write in a journal. Take long walks in the woods.

Sometimes success isn't about making the right decision, it's more about making some decision.

Books simply help you to see what is already within your self. That's what enlightenment is all about.