Being emotionally independent doesn’t mean you don’t care about others or don’t need them, just that you don’t rely on them to give you things you can only give yourself.

nothing new can be brought into the world in a state of complete certainty. Creating requires you to go into the unknown.

negative thinking is the expression of an inner adversary, and until you become aware of this adversary, you’ll be powerless to defeat it.

The human dilemma is that the important things in life are unprovable. It is precisely because faith does not require proof that it has so much power.

Why are we so afraid of conflict that we’re willing to live limited lives? Because of an illusion.

The commitment connects you to the future when you must take the action. The action connects you to the past when you made the commitment. You will begin to experience past, present, and future as part of one continuum. It is impossible to grant time its proper respect without this sense of flowing continuity. Without it, life is a meaningless

As destructive as these patterns are, they are very hard to change. The moment we deny ourselves some gratification, we feel deprived. Part X appeals to our selfishness, telling us we should never have to feel deprived. The only way to fight this is to have an equally selfish reason not to give in to our impulses. In other words, we need to find a

Discipline forms an invisible structure in your life, a structure that attracts and holds the higher forces.

Preparing yourself with a philosophy enables you to change the meaning of a negative event.