Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realizatio n.

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.

If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem.

He wasn't supposed to die, ' he cried out, somewhat desperately, petulantly, like a spoiled child. But I could hear other thoughts racing between us.Neither are you.Neither am I.

You ought to dance.

Patience is a muscle you need to exercise or you will lose it.

Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.

the mighty main sea is the begetter of clouds and winds and rivers.

Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.

No work is stressful. It is your inability to manage your body, mind, and emotions that makes it stressful.

I'm not a method actor; I hope you know that!

When life is difficult, God wants us to have a faith that trusts and waits.

The greatest act of self-revelation occurs when we choose what we will believe, in that space of freedom that exists between knowing that a thing is, and knowing that a thing is not.