You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.

You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.

If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.

If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.

I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the read more

I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present perfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfect and not deficient because I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and I am not deficient.

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized read more

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.

You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. But
the spring of joy is in your heart. The haven read more

You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. But
the spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of peace is in yourself.

If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.

When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of read more

When your views on the world and your intellect are being challenged
and you begin to feel uncomfortable because of a contradiction you've
detected that is threatening your current model of the world or some
aspect of it, pay attention. You are about to learn something. This
discomfort and intellectual conflict is when learning is taking place.

Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the
heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn read more

Hope is an orientation of spirit, an orientation of the
heart. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the
certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.