Waking up is not serious. It is a gentle remembering and an honoring of the present moment as the truth of life.

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.

Man may fall and fail, but God is always right. Man may die and perish, but God is always alive.

Novels and gardens, " she says. "I like to move from plot to plot.

Whatever you create in your life you must first create in your imagination

Horror allowed me to quickly switch gears.

I find no fault with the Constitution or laws of our country, they are good enough. It is the abuse of those laws which I despise, and which God, good men and angels abhor.

The most beautiful as well as the most ugly inclinations of man are not part of a fixed biologically given human nature, but result from the social process which creates man.

I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments.

Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips.

I think about never losing my voice, never giving in, never selling out, always keeping black, always sticking to the street. Staying neighborhood and not Hollywood.

And voices singing out of empty cisterns and exhausted wells.