...Therefore it is said: 'The perception of a phenomenon IS the perception of the Universal Nature, since phenomena and Mind are one and the same.'

People are scared to empty their minds fearing that they will be engulfed by the void. What they don't realize is that their own mind is the void.

The foolish reject what they see, not what they think; the wise reject what they think, not what they see.

Our original nature is...void, omnipresent, silent, pure; it is glorious and mysterious peaceful joy - and that is all. Enter deeply into it by awakening yourself.

A perception, sudden as blinking, that subject and object are one, will lead to a deeply mysterious understanding; and by this understanding you will awaken to the truth.

Why seek a doctrine? As soon as you have a doctrine, you fall into dualistic thought.

To make use of your mind to think conceptually is to leave substance and attach yourself to form

Observe things as they are and don't pay attention to other people.

Here it is - right now. Start thinking about it and you miss it.

Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.

By the dharma is meant the heart, for there is no dharma apart from the heart.

Rejection isn't a sign of failure. Rejection is a reminder that there's always room for improvement.

I think when you're a mom and an actor, it forces you to leave any actor neuroses behind and just concentrate on the work.

Humour plays close to the big, hot fire, which is the truth, and the reader feels the heat.

they believe in Christ and Longfellow, both dead

I have read articles about me where a reporter has exaggerated something that I communicated, but I wouldn't say there's ever been a lie told about me.

Analogies are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail.

C'mon, Tabitha. You stabbed me the night we met without even blinking. (Valerius) Yeah, but you were a dirtbag then. (Tabitha) I think I'm offended. (Valerius)

As soon as you recognize that you are able to control your thoughts, happiness will come within your reach.

Some may be helped by images, some may not. Some require an image outside, others one inside the brain.

And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.