“Sometimes we can trace our fears through the actions we take, and sometimes it’s the actions we’re reluctant to take”

Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.

Criticizing someone else’s work ethic doesn’t make you work harder.

When someone hurts you, it’s because they’re hurt. Their hurt is simply spilling over. They need help.

Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.

When the fear of staying the same outweighs the fear of change, that is when we change

A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.

Finally, get involved in something that’s meaningful to you—a hobby, a charity, a political cause.

We are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the Earth, chemically. And to the rest of the universe, atomically.

Location has energy; time has memory. If you do something at the same time every day, it becomes easier and natural. If you do something in the same space every day, it becomes easier and natural.

Strengthened my resolve.

It is impossible to build one’s own happiness on the unhappiness of others.

Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps, and whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

But when we look for the good in others, we start to see the best in ourselves too.

Remember, saying whatever we want, whenever we want, however we want, is not freedom. Real freedom is not feeling the need to say these things.

Be here now.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

My actions are my only true belongings.

Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action.

What you are will show in what you do.

Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.

Though free to think and act, we are held together, like the stars in the firmament, with ties inseparable. These ties cannot be seen, but we can feel them.

The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.

If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.