The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

There are a great many people in our society who are happy, but since they don't know they're happy, they're not happy.

The process of writing a book is infinitely more important than the book that is completed as a result of the writing, let alone the success or failure that book may have after it is written . . . the book is merely a symbol of the writing. In writing the book, I am living. I am growing. I am tapping myself. I am changing. The process is the product.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

To the extent that we honor all aspects of ourselves, we remove revulsion, self-hate, horror, and terror from our lives. As whole human beings we are the creatures of the greatest complexity on this planet. Respect for this complexity includes our insisting on acceptance of the inconsistent and incongruous.

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.