The purpose of the world is for youto be lost in it, ultimately. The purpose of the world is for you to suffer, to create the suffering that seems to be what is needed for the awakening to happen.

The past has no power over the present moment.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life.

When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation or accept it, all else is madness.

Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love - you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.

Observe your thoughts, don't believe them.

Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.

You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don’t have a life. You are life.

A leader or mentor gives credit to others when things go right, and accepts the blame when things go wrong.

He knew for a fact that it was possible to fall and just keep falling.

I insist on believing that beauty elevates human beings.

If you fixate on the big picture, the whole shebang, the overview, you miss the stitching.

[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections, and a share in the Government of the Country.

For me, there is a strong hypnotic power in noise-music, and that's something I don't want to leave out of my music anymore.

When you get to your third millionth frequent flyer mile, I think something snaps in your brain.

I mean, you're gonna be left behind if you don't appreciate the genius that is Meredith Vieira.

The hero is he who is immovably centered.

Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.