Nothing that can be known has existence in itself. It depends on a knower. The knower is consciousness.

The world exists only when we think about it; creation stories are for children. In reality the world is created every moment.

The root of all desires is the one desire: to come home, to be at peace.

To identify yourself with your personality is more or less a reflex. You must see, when the reflex comes up, that it is a kind of feeling of insecurity; you are looking for a hold.

The human form is a microcosm of the universe. All that supposedly exists outside us in reality exists in us. The world is in you and can become known in you, as you.

Any love is a home-sickness, a longing for a lost paradise.

It is like being in the desert. At first you listen to the absence of sounds and call it silence. Then suddenly you may be taken by the presence of stillness where you are one with listening itself.

In listening and stillness there is nobody who is still, and this stillness doesn't refer to any object; it is absolutely objectless; it is our real nature.

There I was, casually wishing that I could stop existing in the same way you'd want to leave an empty room or mute an unbearably repetitive noise.

No longer was she living moment to moment in a hyper-vigilant state, she was reminded of more primal needs. She was a female in the arms of a very potent male.

Over the years my mother's steadfast faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I had to perform extremely difficult surgical procedures or when I found myself faced with my own medical scare.

High fashion has the shelf life of potato salad. And when past its prime, it is similarly deadly.

Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to.

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

I'm very excited about this wonderful opportunity to take part in the evolution of a company that is integral to the Hispanic community and a powerful force in all areas of the media.

You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.

Love is a constant challenge, thrown to us by God.

Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.