One false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon you, deceive, betray, abandon you, but cannot hurt you.

It is wise to seek immortality for time defeats all other ambitions.

Anger or bitterness toward those who have hurt you will block your path to higher ground. You can have anger toward people or you can have freedom from people, but you can't have both.

One of society's absurd delusions is that the spending of money can cure something.

It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.

The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable - when lived in fully - of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.