The less I think about doing something and the faster I just get on with it, the fewer problems I cause myself. Good planning is always helpful, but time spent fretting and procrastinating is a major drain on my energy.

Positive thinking and optimistic outlook will never produce bad results. Negative thinking and pessimistic approach will never produce good results. Positive thinkers will never fail. Negative thinkers will never succeed.

Have you ever wondered why libraries have special atmospheres? They are places where many congregate but where silence is the code. Quietness in an atmosphere means there is the presence of quiet minds, and quiet minds are not only relaxed, they can concentrate easily and create more freely. Imagine you are in the library of…

Opportunities come by creation, not by chance.

When there is stillness within, I can hear the voice of my own wisdom.

Even if I don’t mean to be critical, I often unconsciously focus on others’ weaknesses and mistakes. The more I develop the habit of noticing goodness and only holding on to the good in others and in situations, the more my own sense of well-being will rise. When I continually think: ‘He/She is wrong’, I…

When we’re around people we’re comfortable with, all too often familiarity sets in. While familiarity has its place, too much familiarity can diminish respect. So: be more aware of familiarity turning into over-familiarity. maintain respect when you are around people you’re comfortable with.

See every problem as something small and turn a mountain into a paper tiger.

Before I get any kind of advancement or promotion in life I need to have earned the right to it. There are no free gifts in life nor are there any short cuts to success of a lasting nature. Being worthy of any kind of responsibility requires an attitude of service to others. I earn…

The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter.

Silence is not only the absence of sound but also the stillness of mind.

A wise soul opens the window to the future by closing the doors to the past.

When the belt of ‘determined thought’ is fastened, you will not be upset in your seat.

Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day.

When you learn you drive, you have to practice stopping. In the same way, practice putting a stop to waste thoughts and you will be constantly happy.

Let me fill every word that I speak with love, wisdom and honesty and then be confident that the truth will reveal itself, just as a diamond will sparkle even in the dust.

It’s a great idea in sport. Too many fouls and your out of the game for a short period. The same happens in real life, but we are not aware of it. Sin essentially means forgetfulness, or more specifically, to forget yourself, to forget who you truly are, a pure, peaceful and loving spiritual being…

Uncontrolled, scattered thoughts are like a speeding car. Unless you brake you’ll crash. We need to put on the brakes if our minds are to work naturally. A natural mind is peaceful and a peaceful mind brings clarity.

Learning to talk properly to the self is a spiritual endeavour. When you make a mistake, do you talk lovingly to yourself in your mind, or do you tell yourself off? One habit recognises your divinity; the other subtly shapes a nature of sorrow.

Sweetness is a virtue that searches with patience for the good in every person and situation.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

In order to work peacefully in a group do the following: Give your idea as an expert, with authority and enthusiasm, then let go of it, but listen carefully and with interest to the ideas of others. Love is shown through respect. When you respect, you can speak up clearly and the rest will listen…

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.

Make your nature pure and gentle and success will be merged in every step.

If I am impatient to experience the results of my efforts, it is like trying to eat unripe fruit.

Nature did not like hardness in speech, so there is no bone in the tongue.

To welcome an enemy is to take the opportunity to expand my heart.

Forget TGIF (Thank God, It’s Friday). Think TGIM (Thank God, It’s Monday)! Increase your motivation, commitment, passion and the feeling of fun in the workplace. In other words, love what you do. Then you’ll happily go to work, Monday after Monday!

Reduce your desires and your problems will reduce

Give regard to the ideas of others and you will automatically continue to receive regard.

To make yourself easy natured is the easy way to become an embodiment of solutions.

I make it a point to write something every day, even if it’s only to myself. In fact, it is mostly to myself. How else do I get to know me? And how else do I get to know what I know until I hear what I have to say? The most important conversation in…

To feel renewed give yourself a spiritual holiday. You don’t have to go anywhere except inside yourself.

Every frown line is a sign of the  attitude we bring to our relations with the world and those around us. I will let my face express my spiritual attainments today – my peace, happiness, knowledge and joy. When the sparkle of all this spiritual wealth is visible to all, everyone benefits.

If you make a mistake, be gentle on yourself and encourage yourself to learn from it, let go and move on.

We have a tendency to make significant choices in our lives and then forget that we actually made the choice. Work is such a choice. If we forget to choose the work we do then each day of our life can easily be an experience of continuous reluctance. Would you choose to live your life…

We seek it here, we seek it there, we look for love everywhere! We expect it to come to us, usually through another person. All our conditioning says it is something that happens to us. The mythology of our fables, legends and modern day entertainment industries say it is something we ‘fall into’. And yet…and…

I gently return to equilibrium, nurtured by a well spring of love. I, the soul, am washed and soothed by the quiet energies of stillness. Embracing the vastness of my inner landscape, I understand the cycles of growth and decay. Today I will fix something broken, or find a new use for it.

Science can tell why a rose is red, but not why it is beautiful. Beauty belongs to the realm of spirituality.

So why do you have so many beliefs? And why is the world not becoming a better place with so many believers? To answer this question, we need to go back to the moment ‘truth’ was lost to our awareness…some time ago. Beliefs are only present because we have lost our connection with the eternal…

Practice makes you perfect so be careful what you practice

Have you ever noticed how we spend our life pursuing happiness and completely mistake it for sorrow? It’s true, everything you do is motivated by the desire to attain a moment of happiness. Spend a few moments reflecting and you will see. And yet what we consume in order to be happy is very often…

Only in relationships can you know yourself, not in abstraction and certainly not in isolation. The movement of behaviour is the sure guide to yourself, it’s the mirror of your consciousness; this mirror will reveal its content, the images, the attachments, the fears, the loneliness the joy and the sorrow. Poverty lies in running away…

If I allow myself to be dependent on praise and fame, insult and defamation will destroy me.

Nothing is just coincidence; every tree in life’s garden bears significance.

If the heart is clean, all hopes are fulfilled.

Happiness involves taking part in the game of life, not standing on the edge of things frowning.

When you refuse to set boundaries to what is achievable, you can inspire others to believe that they, too, can make the impossible happen.

Being patient helps me to understand why things are taking some time.

Transform regrets into realisations and therefore ensure that what could become waste is made into something worthwhile.

Patience often makes things happen faster.