Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion.
The more messes you allow into your life, the more messes will become a normal (and acceptable) part of your life.
The most satisfied and enlightened people realize that successful and dynamic living starts from within. Before you can care for others, you must care for yourself.
Kindness, quite simply, is the rent we must pay for the space we occupy on this planet.
No tactic will work until you have the guts to DO the work!
The secret of passion is purpose.
Every master was once a beginner. Every pro was once an amateur.
But often, it's easier to resist temptation with distraction, or to be so inculcated in doing the right thing that it's automatic, outside the frontal cortex's portfolio - Then it isn't the harder thing, it's the only thing you can do.
If you don't know how to hold a board, you're going to look phony. That's was the biggest pressure for me was to have that respect and to look up to that.
Take responsibility for finding your one true love
The poorest people are the sweetest people.