The essence of saintliness is total acceptance of the present moment, harmony with things as they happen.

Instead of searching for what you do not have, find out what it is that you have never lost.

Shift your attention from words to silence and you will hear.

Whatever happens, happens to you by you, through you; you are the creator, enjoyer and destroyer of all you perceive.

We miss the real by lack of attention, and create the unreal by excess of imagination.

You cannot transcend what you do not know. To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself.

There is only life, there is nobody who lives a life.

The consciousness in you and the consciousness in me, apparently two, really one, seek unity and that is love.

The problem is not yours - it is your mind's only. Begin by disassociating yourself from your mind. Resolutely remind yourself that you are not the mind and that its problems are not yours.

As you watch your mind, you discover your self as the watcher. When you stand motionless, only watching, you discover your self as the light behind the watcher.

Sometimes I feel I am everything, I call that Love. Sometimes I feel I am nothing, I call that Wisdom. Between Love and Wisdom my life continuously flows.

The secret of good magic is another magic.

Sometimes not much is just enough.

All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution.

I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.

My daddy. He's so funny! My whole family jokes around a lot.

When government does more than guard against the initiation of force, inevitably it becomes a means of theft and bamboozlement.

she’s not as pretty as you,” I said “But she’s a simpler girl,” my mother whispered.

I never say I'm an "ist" of any kind unless I know how the other person is defining it.

The true ethical test is not only the readiness to save the victims, but also - even more, perhaps - the ruthless dedication to annihilating those who made them victims.