It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.

I can't overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.

It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up space.

We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.

Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we're stuck.

One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.

Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

You are the sky. Everything else - it’s just the weather.

Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

I joined the board of the Santa Fe Institute.

Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy.

The nature of business and government has been to build a surplus and self-perpetuate, but the Internet fosters and rewards smaller, more fluid organizations.

If the past decade was the decade of searching and finding and looking for stuff, this coming decade is going to be the decade of filtering and going to your friends for recommendations.