If you fully awaken, you will not know yourself. Understand this, and you will understand all.

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.

We look at each other a second. " I'm tired of the rules, " I say. Aibileen chuckles and looks out the window. I realise how thin this revelation must sound to her.

The secret to happiness is a good sense of humor with adult content.

I find the more I drink the more interesting others become.

God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.

American closets are filled with once-worn clothes that got a bad review from a friend on their first appearance.

I've done several commercials and I've done voiceovers for documentaries.

I'm not a car guy. The subway gets me where I need to go efficiently and cheaply, and I don't worry about traffic.

Mine's a pretty simple strategy: there's not a lot of talent here, but there's a lot of hustle. I have to be in every place I can, and be busy.

There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven.

Avoid the crowd, avoid mass audiences, keep your own counsel, which is the counsel of philosophy of wisdom you can acquire and make your own.