A thought is a screen, not a mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality.

There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.

If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.

Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.

Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!

When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.

You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something.

One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.

"What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master.

A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.

If we knew what is already there, there will be no need for research.

...we can say we love each other if my life is better because you're in it and your life is better because I'm in it.

Bumper sticker: My kid beat the heck out of the student of the month.

It’s not enough to shelve your own competitive streak. You have to try, consciously, to help others succeed.

Animal rights without veganism is like human rights with slavery. It makes no sense. None whatsoever.

The only time a politico will try to avoid playing the blame game is when they or theirs are to blame.

It's hard to make a living in music, so a lot of times in the arts it's safer to kind of fit into a box.

Most of us all walk around as if we're sleepwalking. We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.

When I was younger and inexperienced, I was a very animated pitcher. I pitched with a lot of adrenaline. I was my own worst enemy when things weren't gong well.

Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit--or a mask.