Quotes from Richard Carlson

my favorite is Richard Hittleman's Yoga Twenty-eight-Day Exercise Plan. There are also many fine videos you can learn from as well as a magazine dedicated solely to yoga called Yoga Journal.

One of my favorite posters says, "Life is a test. It is only a test. Had this been a real life you would have been instructed where to go and what to do." Whenever I think of this humorous bit of wisdom, it reminds me to not take my life so seriously.

This is pretty simple stuff. But the truth is, the reality of making money and wise decisions isn't very complicated. However, not many people understand the importance of a don't-worry attitude. If you do, you're one step ahead of the game.

Fortunately, there is an inviolable law in our emotional environment that goes something like this: Our current level of stress will be exactly that of our tolerance to stress.

You don't need to change your core beliefs or your deepest held positions. All you're doing is expanding your mind and opening your heart to new ideas.

100: Live This Day as if It Were Your Last.

Rather than diluting the positive feelings by telling others about your own kindness, by keeping it to yourself you get to retain all the positive feelings.

If we all based our love on our children's behavior, it would often be difficult to love them at all. If love were based purely on behavior, then perhaps none of us would ever have been loved as a teenager!

when you judge someone else or their opinion, it really doesn't say anything about the other person, but it says quite a bit about your need to be judgmental.

In low moods we lose our perspective and everything seems urgent.

Most people have it backward. When they are feeling down, they roll up their sleeves and get to work. They take their low moods very seriously and try to figure out and analyze what's wrong. They try to force themselves out of their low state, which tends to compound the problem rather than solve it.

No one has the right to force you to violate your own privacy.

The more patient you are, the more accepting you will be of what is, rather than insisting that life be exactly as you would like it to be.

to enjoy each step along the way and live a life filled with love, it's far easier for me to control my obsession with completing my list of things to do.

Compassion is something you can develop with practice. It involves two things: intention and action.

Let Go of the Idea that Gentle, Relaxed People Can't Be Superachievers

I'm the first to admit that I always prefer approval over disapproval. It feels better and it's certainly easier to deal with. The more content I've become, however, the less I depend on it for my sense of well-being.

The next time someone tells you a story or shares an accomplishment with you, notice your tendency to say something about yourself in response.

Mark Twain said, "I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

The fact that we can't see the beauty in something doesn't suggest that it's not there. Rather, it suggests that were are not looking carefully enough or with a broad enough perspective to see it.

The greater our surrender to the truth of the moment, the greater will be our peace of mind.

Be Grateful when You're Feeling Good and Graceful when You're Feeling Bad

To combat fear, the best strategy is to learn to bring your attention back to the present. Mark Twain said, "I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." I don't think I can say it any better. Practice keeping your attention on the here and now. Your efforts will pay great dividends.

98. Look for the Extraordinary in the Ordinary I heard a story about two workers who were approached by a reporter. The reporter asked the first worker, "What are you doing?" His response was to complain that he was virtually a slave, an underpaid bricklayer who spent his