People have no clue that they’re in prison, they don’t know that there is an ego, they don’t know the distinction.

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.

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilisation from destroying it

... I was feeling so depressed I didn't even think. That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can't even think

Think objectively.Think operationally.Think optimistically.Think outstandingly.

I'm the guy with the good attitude towards menstruation.

The real moment of success is not the moment apparent to the crowd.

The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others.

He tasted like sin made into wine: dark, heady, and impossible to resist.

If we ... capitalize on the very real strengths of older people, then added years of life can dramatically improve quality of life at all ages.

You aren't a hero and I'm not beautiful and we probably won't live happily ever after " she said. "But we're alive and together and we're going to be all right.

The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.