Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.
The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.
Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.
True happiness comes not when we get rid of all of our problems,but when we change our relationship to them, when we see our problems as a potential source of awakening, opportunities to practice, and to learn.
Choose to be kind over being right and you'll be right everytime.
Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you would rather be, you begin to find peace right now, in the present. Then, as you move around, try new things, and meet new people, you carry that sense of inner peace with you. It's absolutely true that, "Wherever you go, there you are.
Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to listen to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond.
What I would say to the establishment is that there is far more discontent among the American people than they believe.
Love comes from ourselves, not from someone else.
Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
Sincerely to aspire after virtue, is to gain her; and zealously to labour after her wages, is to receive them.