- "A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love - these things cannot be bought, they must be earned."
- "The first rule of handling conflict is: 'Don’t hang around people who are constantly engaging in conflict.'"
- "When it comes to medicine and nutrition, subtract before you add."
- "Anger is a hot coal that you hold in your hand while waiting to throw it at somebody else."
- "Time management should be a downstream decision based on your energy management priorities."
- "You can always tell someone to go to hell tomorrow."
- "Uncertainty, not outcome, is the root of stress."
- "Most of our suffering comes from avoidance."
- "Peace is happiness at rest."
- "Today’s diseases are those of abundance."
- "Hard choices, easy life; easy choices, hard life."
- "Just like you can over-think it, you can over-feel it."
- "Stoicism is the domestication, not the eliminations, of emotions."
- "The ultimate luxury is not rushing."
- "Cool head, main thing."
- "If you're so smart, why aren't you happy?"
- “A healthy man wants a thousand things, a sick man wants only one.”
- "Persistent, non-specific anxiety is the result of wanting so much, talking so much, and doing so much that you lose touch with the quiet joys of solitude."
- “The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary."
- "A rational person can find peace by cultivating indifference to things outside of their control."
- "Happiness is evident more by its absence than by its presence."
- "What makes me happy is being self-actualized."
- "Love is the only rational act."
- "Doctors won’t make you healthy. Nutritionists won’t make you slim. Teachers won’t make you smart. Gurus won’t make you calm. Mentors won’t make you rich. Trainers won’t make you fit. Ultimately, you have to take responsibility. Save yourself."
- “The heaviest weight at the gym is the front door.”
- "Addiction is basically any pattern of behavior whereby you cannot stand to be with yourself - and certain of the more uncomfortable thoughts and emotions that come from being on your own."
- "A healthy body is light and silent, just as a healthy mind."
- "Happiness is not about positive thoughts. It’s not about negative thoughts. It’s about the absence of desire, especially the absence of desire for external things."
- "We treat the body rigorously so that it will not be disobedient to the mind.
- "Happiness is the joy you feel while striving towards your potential."
- "Addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure. Beware of anything that delivers high dopamine with minimal effort."
- "The most important trick to be happy is to realize that happiness is a choice that you make and a skill that you develop. You choose to be happy, and then you work at it. It’s just like building muscles."
- "We are our own endogenous pharmacy."