“Do not focus on your failings, for you will only encourage them. If you keep beating yourself up on the head over these, you will only reinforce them.”

“Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.”

“You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.”

“The Buddha encouraged people to "know for yourselves that certain things are unwholesome and wrong. And when you do, then give them up. And when you know for yourselves that certain things are wholesome and good, then accept them and follow them."The message is always to examine and see for yourself. When you see for yourself what is true-and that's really the only way that you can genuinely know anything-then embrace it. Until then, just suspend judgment and criticism.”

“Men are obtuse. You have to beat them over the head with a frying pan to get them to notice things.”

“Do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.”