It puts a ceiling on your progress. You're blocked by your pride. To get good, you have to throw your board around and fall.
When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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. When our preference clashes with the reality, we get hurt. Rid yourself of all preconceived ideas as to what should happen. You are then at peace whatever happens.
Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.
You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them
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, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.
At home, I have a wife, fortunately, and my children are all grown, and I have many grandchildren. I spend weekends with my grandchildren; I adore them.
Don't underestimate the value people place on authenticity. Politicians listen to the focus groups and say the things they think people want to hear. But after 30 years of reading consumers, I know that they can smell phonies.
Jesus is what God looks like in sandals
It is a sin to believe evil of others but it is seldom a mistake.