153 Quotes by Richard Carlson

You don’t need to change your core beliefs or your deepest held positions. All you’re doing is expanding your mind and opening your heart to new ideas.

Make living your life with absolute integrity and kindness your first priority.

The next time you feel low, for whatever reason, remind yourself, “This too shall pass.” It will.

The next time you find yourself in an argument, rather than defend your position, see if you can see the other point of view first.

We form opinions and then spend our entire lifetimes validating what we believe to be true.

My best friend, Benjamin Shield, taught me this valuable lesson. Often our inner struggles come from our tendency to jump on board someone else’s problem; someone throws you a concern and you assume you must catch it, and respond.

The old adage, ‘If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is’ isn’t always correct. In fact, the suspicion, cynicism, and doubt that are inherent in this belief can and does keep people from taking advantage of excellent opportunities.

Each of us places varying degrees of significance on what’s really relevant and important, and we can almost always find fault with the way someone else is thinking or behaving. We can usually validate our own versions of reality by focusing on examples that, we believe, prove us to be right. In short, the way we see life will always seem justified, logical, and correct – to ourselves. The problem is, everyone else has the same assumption.

The more patient you are, the more accepting you will be of what is, rather than insisting that life be exactly as you would like it to be.