Whatever your plan, you never invest your own self-worth in its ultimate success or failure.
Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind?
Those who behave in ways that displease you are sending out their disharmony toward you because that is what they have to give away. Hating them is akin to hating moss for growing on a tree.
Do not abandon trust when your ego thinks things should be different than they are.
Our greatest dreams are never out of reach, only out of belief.
Enlightenment is the "quiet acceptance of what is". I believe the truly enlightened beings are those who refuse to allow themselves to be distressed over things that simply are the way they are.