And so I came to understand why some masters sometimes say, "You are already enlightened."

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.

Knowledge kills action action requires the veils of illusion.

Nothing great is ever accomplished by following standards.

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.

How good it would be to make my own decisions

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.

I've gotten literally thousands of contacts from people across the country - and the most poignant ones being elderly people - who said I had given up on America and I was just waiting to die.

I am happy that women can relate to my songs, and hopefully men can too.

Our job is to become more and more of what we are. The growth of a poet seems to be related to his or her becoming less and less embarrassed about more and more.

I realize now that I have made some mistakes. I am willing to accept the consequences of those actions.