In the awakened state, the mind is either perfectly silent or it is a perfectly clear instrument of expression.

We are on a journey of becoming that which we already are. That is the impossible paradox of our lives.

You get lost because you think there is somewhere to go. If you give up believing in a goal or a destination, then you cannot get lost. In the present moment, there is no destination.

Everything that happens is designed to awaken us. Everything.

The past is gone. The future never arrives. In truth, there is no life outside of this moment!

It disguises it’s thoughts as your thoughts, it’s feelings with your feelings, you think it’s you.

There is no greater power than the power of love, which arises from Presence. It overcomes all resistance.

When you are present, you are transcendent of the mind and ego and so you can witness your mind and ego. You can be conscious of your thoughts without being lost in them when they arise.

The underlying motivation that drives all addiction is our insistence on avoiding pain. However, the pain you are avoiding is based in the past, and has nothing to do with the present moment.

As you awaken, the present moment becomes your home. You still play in the world of time, but you're not identified with the story unfolding there.

Everything that occurs in your life is part of God's plan to wake you up.

For me, concept of death works as a liberator from anxiety -- no matter whatever is happening, its all going to end when we die.

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of.

You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life.

I was going to die, if not sooner, then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.

Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.

Every man remembers his childhood as a kind of mythical age, just as every nation's childhood is its mythical age.

Become the kind of person who brightens a room just by entering it.

Don't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do without.

Do your duty today and repent tomorrow.

There is no such thing as a villain. It's the others who are wrong. In as much, all villains are the same.