"That's bad news for those who keep saving and saving and saving for retirement, because they'll never get to enjoy the money they've saved."
"Like GPS, the universe will give them what they really like." "No matter how far off course we go, we can always get back on track by following the system's navigation. We need to realize that we are the ones navigating the system. It's responding to our actions, and we're not just actors on the stage of life ...... but also directors."
"There is only a difference between fear and excitement."
"Every connoisseur begins their genesis with no knowledge of what they are proficient in."
"You can think of life as a hundred television channels of comedy, drama, current events, cooking shows, news, sports ...... In short, there are many, many channels. There are channels you particularly love to watch, there are channels you generally enjoy watching, and there are three channels you particularly hate. They're so boring and cheesy you can't believe they're allowed on TV.
My realization is that a lot of people spend their lives watching the three channels they hate. They first switch to these channels by accident, watch them for a while and realize they're particularly annoying and on some level even insulting, yet they have to talk to other people about these channels."
"The root of all anger is fear."
"When angry, I would ask myself - what am I afraid of right now? Then I would realize with incredible speed that my anger was caused by an unrelated, irrational fear. And so my anger smokes away."
"Cowards die many times in one life, and the brave die once in another." "A brave man knows that it is pointless to let his mind be controlled by out-of-control emotions. It only lives the life it wants to live."
"Do what you love to do, not what you don't." "You can't let small things get in the way. Some people having a bad attitude is just a small thing. I felt bad about it at first, but now when it happens, I turn to asking people again. Riding the big waves is the big thing. We don't want to miss out on the big thing just because a couple of people have a bad attitude."
"Be your own participant as well as an observer."
"Your own nervousness and frustration has nothing to do with someone else's willingness to brush their teeth. You're trying to vent your anger on an innocent person, and that's not fair. If you are determined to lash out at someone, you should target that person who has made you angry. Let your anger be directed at the person who actually made you angry. Don't take it out on someone who happens to be there, or someone you know is weaker than you. And especially don't take it out on that person because you know they will forgive you."
"If you stuff a whole day with meaningful things, that 'day' takes on a new connotation."
"There are some things to do that seem like a long leap into the abyss, but are really an ascent."
"You can't choose where you are born, but you can choose where you stay. You can't choose who you are, but you can choose the kind of people you associate with."
"The real hard currency is not money, but time. Being financially wealthy isn't a bad thing or a good thing; it doesn't guarantee you happiness or sadness. The same goes for poverty. In the poorest and richest parts of the world, I have seen people with smiles or sad faces.
People who are always smiling have one common **** in common, and that's the way they live their lives. They spend a lot of time each day doing things that are in line with their sense of being and what their heart truly desires."