“Despite everything you’ve tried over the years, isn’t it a fact that your mind still produces unpleasant pictures?”

“Commitment isn’t about being perfect, always following through, or never going astray. Commitment means that when you (inevitably) stumble or get off track, you pick yourself up, find your bearings, and carry on in the direction you want to go.”

“Letting the radio play on without giving it much attention is very different from actively trying to ignore it.”

“Success in life means living by your values.”

“Never set as your goal something that a dead person can do better than you.”

“Today’s middle class lives better than did the Royalty of not so long ago, and yet humans today don’t seem very happy.”

“The fight-or-flight is often triggered in situations where it is of little or no use to us.”