Your hand is useful because it goes where you want it to go. Similarly, your mind is only useful if it goes where you want it to go.

A truly intelligent mind is neither influenced by memory nor deluded by imagination.

Every thought, every reverberation you create on the level of the mind changes the chemistry in your body.

External circumstances can only cause you physical pain. Suffering is created in your mind.

Your thoughts and emotions are the drama that you create in your mind. You must be able to direct it the way you wish