The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

As you think, so shall you become.

Peace begins with a smile.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely.

We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

I make decisions all day, so it’s nice for a woman like me to go to dinner and have the man take the menu and say, ‚Let me order.‘ Other women would be offended by that, but I’m like, ‚Good. Because I can’t make one more decision today.‘ I want someone to rub my feet without being asked.

I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution – they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing.

You can’t take care of charity unless you take care of yourself first.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends… Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

The purpose of a vacation is to have the time to rest. But many of us, even when we go on vacation, don’t know how to rest. We may even come back more tired than before we left.

I’m not a big fan of psychoanalysis: I think if you have mental problems what you need are good pills. But I do think that if you have thinks that bother you, things that are unresolved, the more that you talk about them, write about them, the less serious they become.

Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. That is a dualistic way of seeing.

Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

If I forget to pray, I can’t get through the day without snapping at people.

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.

Just do some kind of workout. Doesn’t matter if it’s going for a walk around the block, going for a jog, doing some calisthenics, lifting weights, going to a pool and swimming – you name it. But do something that gets your blood flowing and gets your mind in the game.

If it’s stress of things that we cannot control, what you have to do is you mitigate that stress as much as possible. You’ve planned, you’ve trained, you’ve done everything you can in your power to mitigate the stress that’s facing you. And then after that, there’s nothing you can do. So, you have to let that one go.

If you’re going to wake up early all the time, and you’re working hard, and you’re working out, sometimes you’re going to get tired. It’s OK. It’s acceptable – somewhat. We’re all human, unfortunately.

There’s something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.

Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.

Most men are within a finger’s breadth of being mad.

I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy.

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

I think every entertainer’s had nights when things go wrong. I mean you can’t remember everything all the time, and especially if you’re having hard times personally, things going on that you – you know, and then people make it worse. And that makes you feel worse.

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

I am in my own head most of the time.

Beware the hobby that eats.

The answer I found is you stay away from the people who make fun of you, and you join these ad hoc groups who understand your craziness.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you’re feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you’ll feel better because they know that everything is just as it is. There’s nothing to get excited about. They just know. They’re saviours.

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

There is such a thing as old emotional pain living inside you. It is an accumulation of painful life experience that was not fully faced and accepted in the moment it arose. It leaves behind an energy form of emotional pain.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

Even though you are on the right track – you will get run over if you just sit there.

Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl’s complexion.

In Germany, they all thought I was a bit mental, very emotional.

I’ve often said there’s nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.

No one’s policing their own minds more than an author. You spend a lot of time in your own head analysing what you think about things, and a philosophy comes.

When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.

When I was 11 I became very depressed. It had a lot to do with the climate and ecological crisis. I thought everything was just so wrong and nothing was happening and there’s no point in anything.

Be of love a little more careful than of anything.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.