You create your reality according to your beliefs and expectations, therefore you should examine these carefully. If you do not like some aspect of your world, then examine your own expectations.

If you accept that human beings are difficult to change, and embrace (rather than curse) the uniqueness that everyone brings to the table, you’ll navigate the world with more bliss and effectiveness. And make better decisions, too.

It's never too late to redefine self-control, to change long-ingrained habits, and to do the work you're capable of.

The self has no boundaries except those it accepts out of ignorance

You do not hate anyone you are not capable of loving. Remember that.

And yet the real success goes to those who obsess. The focus that leads you through the Dip to the other side is rewarded by a marketplace in search of the best in the world. A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or he can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner.

I'm not sure there's any number of Facebook likes that can replace a hug.