Develop What You Lack.

A Person Can Make Himself Happy, Or Miserable, Regardless Of What Is Actually Happening 'outside,' Just By Changing The Contents Of Consciousness.

There Are Two Main Strategies We Can Try To Improve The Quality Of Life. The First Is To Try Making External Conditions Match Our Goals. The Second Is To Change How We Experience External Conditions To Make Them Fit Our Goals Better.

If I Had To Express In One Word What Makes Their [creative Individuals'] Personalities Different From Others, It's Complexity. They Show Tendencies Of Thought And Action That In Most People Are Segregated. They Contain Contradictory Extremes; Instead Of Being An "individual," Each Of Them Is A "multitude."

...if We Expended All Our Energies Solely On Taking Care Of Our Own Needs We Would Stop Growing. In That Respect What We Call "soul" Can Be Viewed As The Surplus Energy That Can Be Invested Into Change And Transformation. As Such, It Is The Cutting Edge Of Evolution.

The More A Person Feels Skilled, The More Her Moods Will Improve; While The More Challenges That Are Present, The More Her Attention Will Become Focused And Concentrated.