An obvious fact about negative feelings is often overlooked. They are caused by us, not by exterior happenings. An outside event presents the challenge, but we react to it. So we must attend to the way we take things, not to the things themselves.

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.

Happiness is liberty from everything that makes us unhappy.

Society is like a crowd in carnival costumes with everyone fearful that others will see through his disguise.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.