“Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you’re doing something virtuous.”

There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can’t have – at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most.

Now is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream.

The first step is to find out what you love – and don’t be practical about it. The second step is to start doing what you love immediately, in any small way possible.

Happy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they’re moving toward getting it.

Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think Does this go toward or away from what I want? Always choose what goes toward what you want.

The cure for sorrow is to learn something.

What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.

A direct statement about yourself is considered objective only if it is negative. If it’s positive, it is considered subjective. And ‘objective’ means it is accurate, and ‘subjective’ means it is conceited self-delusion.

Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.

A good work is a partnership between you and nature… Nature will help you every step of the way.

Real Dreams don’t require you to abandon your family, quit your job, and move to Tahiti with your paintbrush. They just require that you search your soul for that deep dream you put aside-and go for it. And watch your life light up.

You don’t need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.

It’s only too late if you don’t start now.

Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.

Isolation is a dream killer.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.

He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.

The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition.

Internal character: how you behave when no one is watching.

Contraries are cured by contraries.

To understand ourself, we must understand our “selves,” or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.

The behaviour of lovers is oscillating like the moon, and unpredictable as the weather.

We know of no behavior in ants or any other social insects that can be construed as play.