The secret to change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to ovecome apathy, doubt or fear.

You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.

Looking back, we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings.

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear

I have an almost religious zeal, not for technology per se, but for the Internet which is for me, the nervous system of mother Earth, which I see as a living.

Resistance creates suffering. Stress happens when your mind resists what is. The only problem in your life is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds.

My ignorance is based on this understanding. Your understanding is based on ignorance. This is why I am a humorous fool, and you are a serious jackass.

We must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence, to find that enchanted place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song. But in that dance, and in that song, the most ancient rites of our conscience fulfill themselves in the awareness of being human. – Pablo Neruda, Toward the Splendid City.

Silence is the warrior’s art – and meditation is his sword. With it, you’ll cut through your illusions. But understand this: the sword’s usefulness depends upon the swordsman. If you don’t know how to use the weapon properly, it can become a dangerous, deluding, or useless tool. Meditation can initially help you to relax. You may put your ‘sword’ on display, proudly show it to friends. The gleam of this sword distracts many meditators until they abandon it to seek other esoteric techniques.