The Power Of The Present Moment Is

A Chief Cause Of Unhappiness Is What I Call Mental Movies. Mental Movies Are A Misuse Of The Imagination. You Know How It Goes. You Have A Painful Experience With Someone, Then Run It Over And Over In Your Mind. You Visualize What You Said, What He Did, How You Both Felt. As Awful As It Is, You Feel Compelled To Repeat The Film Day And Night. It Is As If You Were Locked Inside A Theatre Playing A Horrible Movie.

If You Call One Thing Good, You Must Call Its Opposite Bad. If You Think It Wonderful To Make A Big Profit In Your Business, You Will Also Think It Terrible If You Incur A Large Loss. The Idea Is To Live Above The Opposites.

It Is A Mistake For Anyone To Think He Has Lived Too Long In His Old, Unsatisfactory Ways To Make The Great Change. If You Switch On The Light In A Dark Room, It Makes No Difference How Long It Was Dark Because The Light Will Still Shine. Be Teachable. That Is The Whole Secret.

Cruelty Practiced As A Matter Of Social Principle Or Public Policy, And Presented To The Community As A Means To A Higher Goal Is The Most Obscene And Decadent Phenomenon Of Any Civilization.

Anger Or Bitterness Toward Those Who Have Hurt You Will Block Your Path To Higher Ground. You Can Have Anger Toward People Or You Can Have Freedom From People, But You Can't Have Both.