The universe is made of one kind of what-ever-it-is, which cannot be defined.

Giving others the freedom to be stupid is one of the most important and hardest steps to take in spiritual progress. Conveniently the opportunity to take that step is all around us every day.

What am I doing on a level of consciousness where this is real? That is the first question to ask yourself when you become aware of something ugly or evil or stupid.

Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it.

Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it.

Enlightenment is any experience of expanding our consciousness beyond its present limits.

No matter how it looks to us, love never loses control; the laws of our relations are as honest and as exact as the laws of physics.

No matter what your spiritual condition is, no matter where you find yourself in the universe, your choice is always the same: to expand your awareness or contract it.

When you learn to love hell you will be in heaven.

Physical reality is one of the biggest horror movies of all, and you know how we love horror movies.

Perhaps many of us do not like it where we are in the universe now, but we can all be certain that we got where we are -our own decisions to expand in love or withdraw from it.

The hardest thing to do in this world is to have a steadfast mind & will to be who God called you to be.

In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution.

No one and nothing outside of you can give you salvation, or free you from the misery. You have to light your own lamp. You have to know the miniature universe that you yourself are.

Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.

Libya is a great country, a respectful country, and the Libyan people are great people.

I do disapprove of the modern attitude that you can't do the simplest thing, like dying or being born, in your own house.

English is much drier. You can get away with a lot less. Pathos, lyricism, these are things you have to tone down if you want the English version of the book to work.

The fruits of philosophy are the important thing, not the philosophy itself. When we ask the time, we don't want to know how watches are made.

It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.

My advice to young women who are looking to be successful; make sure you're passionate about whatever it is that you're doing. And make sure you're fulfilled by the opportunities within your job.