“To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune.”

“Pity me that the heart is slow to learnWhat the swift mind beholds at every turn.”

“You know, it’s pretty easy reading this book to see why I was angry and confused for all those years. I lived my life being told different stories: some true, some lies and I still don’t know which is which. Children are born innocent. At birth we are very much like a new hard drive – no viruses, no bad information, no crap that’s been downloaded into it yet. It’s what we feed into that hard drive, or in my case “head drive” that starts the corruption of the files.”

“Divide the constant tide and random noisiness of energetic flow, with conscious recurring moments of empty mind, solitude, gratitude and deep…slow…breathing. Of this, the natural law of self-preservation demands.”

“The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved.”

“It’s all in your mind. Whatever you need exists inside of you. If you need happiness, look inside. If you need confidence, look inside. If you need motivation, look inside. Look inside yourself for whatever you need.”

“Sickness is the motivator for research by those that recognize improved health is just a discovery away.”

“Only a fool fears making mistakes.”

“Always keep a part of your mind empty, so you can go there to rest.”

“Logic would say, ‘pay it no mind’. Yet the heart would say, ‘to pay it no mind would be to pay too much’.”

“Happiness in your heart is directly proportional to the quality of thoughts in your mind.”

“Self-development is a way of Life. Our Self-Development never ends. We are never too young or too old for personal growth.We have an amazing potential to reach our highest potential, to have truly inspiring careers and loving relationships.”

“It’s all about perspective… From the top of the canyon, the river looks like a snake and from the bottom of the canyon, it looks like a cascading body of jewel-blue water.”

“We think thoughts are ours. We think we own them. But we never think to ask, where do they come from? Who creates them?”

“The pain in Vinay’s voice disturbed Radhika. “Shangri-La is a state of mind, Vinay. If you’re happy, then everything around you will be okay and in harmony. Nothing is perfect anywhere. We must find our own paradise amidst the chaos. Just the way a beautiful lotus blooms in dirty water.”