Just as without silence there could be no sound, you would not exist without the vital formless dimension that is the essence of who you are.

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.

The psychological components of war have not gone away—dominance, vengeance, callousness, tribalism, groupthink, self-deception

In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them.

Only what touches us closely preoccupies us. We prepare in solitude to face it. (The Little Book of Unsuspected Subversion)

Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.

Human government is more or less perfect as it approaches nearer or diverges farther from the imitation of this perfect plan of divine and moral government.

I think it's kind of written in stone that men are supposed to have strong feelings about age, but I've never really thought about it.

Photographers direct the eye toward a particular object. We who write, one hopes, are directing the heart and the soul.

We dragged English guitar music out of the gutter.

I find it best to dive right in and learn the hard way.

I have always advocated doing everything possible to pay off credit card balances; it's good financial management and the ticket to a strong FICO credit score.