Read yourself, not books. Truth isn't outside, that's only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle - if you don't fill it, it's useless.

If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.

Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.

Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.

If you want a chicken to be a duck, and a duck to be a chicken, you will suffer.

All religions are like different cars all moving in the same direction. People who don't see it have no light in their hearts.

There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That's how far away they live from themselves

There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free.

Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: You won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.

I want to know everything about you." So he told her. The stars, too, seemed to listen.

A small mind can never have a big result, for whatever you cannot see, you cannot have

This is a little secret that all writers share: We have two lives

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.

It's time for all Americans to get off of welfare and get back to work. You're going to love it!

Develop a skin as thick as a rhinoceros hide!

Teenagers are my life and my triumph. I'd be nowhere without them.

Saved by the grandma" Ranger

I love the business of pro wrestling and it is something I know better than anything else I know about.