Listen carefully when you speak quietly in your own mind. Notice the power of your thoughts to cause tension or relaxation in your body.

The most effective way to use repetition is to repeat the same idea using different words.

Do what you love and work hard at what you do.

Pessimists believe that the world is as bad as they fear it might be. They are often too afraid to look.

Realists see the world as it really is in all of its beauty and all if its horror.

People are better able to confront an uncomfortable truth when they can laugh at themselves. Jokes that illustrate difficult truths can make the point while bypassing denial and resistance.