“Pain is not the same as suffering. Left to itself, the body discharges pain spontaneously, letting go of it the moment that the underlying cause is healed. Suffering is pain that we hold on to. It comes from the mind’s mysterious instinct to believe that pain is good, or that it cannot be escaped, or that the person deserves it.” -Deepak Chopra

“Pain is not the same as suffering. Left to itself, the body discharges pain spontaneously, letting go of it the moment that the underlying cause is healed. Suffering is pain that we hold on to. It comes from the mind’s mysterious instinct to believe that pain is good, or that it cannot be escaped, or that the person deserves it.” -Deepak Chopra

“That’s an instinct reminding you of the goal. That’s your inner wisdom, and it’s important to pay attention to it, no matter how small or silly that instinct may seem.” -Mel Robbins

“You accept things as they are, not as you wish they were in this moment. This is important to understand. You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are. When you feel frustrated or upset by a person or a situation, remember that you are not reacting to the person or the situation, but to your feelings about the person or the situation. These are your feelings, and your feelings are not someone else’s fault. When you recognize and understand this completely, you are ready to take responsibility for how you feel and to change it. And if you can accept things as they are, you are ready to take responsibility for your situation and for all the events you see as problems.” -Deepak Chopra

“Attachment to being right creates suffering. When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose kind and watch your suffering disappear.” -Wayne Dyer

“There is that awful moment when you realize that you’re falling in love. That should be the most joyful moment, and actually it’s not. It’s always a moment that’s full of fear because you know, as night follows day, the joy is going to rapidly be followed by some pain or other. All the angst of a relationship.” -Helen Mirren

“Positively charged people choose to react positively to life because they see no benefit in letting life get the upper hand. They don’t assign blame or look for a cause when a problem occurs. They look for the solution.” -Les Brown

“The really great person will keep on going and find the key, underlying principle of the problem, and come up with a beautiful elegant solution that works.” -Steve Jobs

“…to keep moving up … you have to abandon the security of that ledge and reach for another hold. Letting go of that sense of security.. is the challenge. …think of yourself as climbing a ladder. To move to the next rung, you must give up your grip and reach for the next one.” -Nick Vujicic

“Her essay about the wedding ring was short. Kerr wrote: ‘Things are just things – they have no power to hurt or to heal. Only people can do that. And we can all choose whether to be hurt or healed by the people who love us.’ That was all. And that was everything.” -Jack Canfield

“Living each day as if it were your last doesn’t mean your last day of retirement on a remote island. It means to live fully, authentically and spontaneously with nothing being held back.” -Jack Canfield