I forget the name of the place; I forget the name of the girl; but the wine was Chambertin.

What we think about when we are free to think about what we will — that is what we are or will soon become.

What you believe is very powerful. If you have toxic emotions of fear, guilt and depression, it is because you have wrong thinking, and you have wrong thinking because of wrong believing.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive one to cancel it out.

Change the way you speak about yourself and you can change your life.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

We don't see the world as it is; we see the world as we are...if someone has a critical eye, they will always find something to be critical about. And if they have a grateful eye, they will find something to celebrate even in the worst of circumstances...Having a "good eye" in life changes how you see yourself and everything around you... your focus determines your reality.

Psychologists call this phenomenon the contrast effect. Simply put, how you see anything depends on your reference point. One way or the other, your focus will determine your reality.

Journaling is the difference between learning and remembering. It's also the difference between forgetting and fulfilling our goals.

Soren Kierkegaard believed that boredom is the root of all evil. I second the notion. Boredom isn't just boring; boredom is wrong. You cannot simultaneously live by faith and be bored. Faith and boredom are antithetical.

We have a natural tendency to remember what we should forget and forget what we should remember. That's where mantras come in.

In his brilliant book The Road to Character, David Brooks makes a distinction between résumé virtues and eulogy virtues. Résumé virtues are the skills you need to make a living, and those are often the most celebrated virtues in our culture. But when it comes to making a life, eulogy virtues win the day. These are the virtues that get talked about at your funeral.