To change what you get you must change who you are..

Be teachable. That is the whole secret..

Whenever encountering a troublesome person, do not identify him as being cruel or stupid or rude or anything else like that. Instead, see him as a fr….

The only way to do something truly important every day is to seek to understand yourself every day..

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them.

A chief cause of unhappiness is what I call mental movies. Mental movies are a misuse of the imagination. You know how it goes. You have a painful ex….

Our life-transformation is in exact proportion to the amount of truth we can take without running away..

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement..

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..

Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, y….

Don't look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature..

Suppose you stand on a high place to enjoy the beauty of the sparkling sea below. You need do nothing to create that beauty; you need only BE IN THE ….

Don't try to be spiritual. That is only a word in the dictionary. Make it your goal to become a normally functioning individual. Let these principles….

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself..

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

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from..

Is the beam from a lighthouse affected by howling wind and rain? It remains perfectly steadfast and unaffected by the storm. Your true self is like t….

Many of us knock on the door but remain outside, because knocking and entering are entirely different actions. Knocking is necessary, consisting of r….

Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it's the understanding of something..

We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen, what we want to happen. Wh….

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will..