What helps most is remembering that such a cry or attack or sly blow is a reflection of that other person’s inner state; it is not an omniscient summary of you. Your reaction reflects your own inner state, and that can tell you which aspects of your own inner world are needy of attention. p.291

Happiness can come in a single moment. And in a single moment it can go again. But a single moment does not create it. Happiness is created through countless choices made and then made again throughout a lifetime. You are its host as well as its guest. You give it form, shape, individuality, texture, tone. And what it allows you to give can change your world. Happiness can be stillness. But it isn't still. It wraps, enchants, heals, consoles, soothes, delights, calms, inspires and connects. It is on your face and in your body. It is in your life and being.

It is precisely in relationships of intimacy that your craziness (and mine) will be hardest to conceal.

Happiness--like love--is itself an attitude.

Restraint offers a space between intention and action and the opportunity to protect others from actions or reactions that should exist only in your imagination

Your attitude to life is far more important in determining your happiness than your money, appearance, social status or talent.

Opening to the sacred, we transform our vision of ourselves.