Holding on to things from the past is the same as clinging to an image of yourself in the past. If you're the least bit interested in changing anything about yourself, I suggest you be brave and start letting things go.

Whether we live alone or with other people, few acknowledge the presence of another roommate. This roommate is named 'Things' and the space that 'Things' occupies is typically a lot larger than the space people have for themselves.

Unhappiness isn't just the result of genetics or past trauma or career trouble. I think that some of our unhappiness is simply due to the burden of all our things.

I used to pretend to be an expert on various kinds of music, even if they didn't really interest me.

All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

For me, football is a quest. Quests entail overcoming hardship, trials of adversity in the pursuit of true joy.

If you ask anybody what they think of clowns, it's associated as much or more with something crazy and scary as it is something joyful.

I was in the gym seven hours a day, six times a week, and Sunday was my day of rest. So there wasn't a lot of time that I had to myself, and obviously, that kind of ruined the joy of the sport.