To be impatient is to be hooked on the future.

How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not now.

Other people do not have to change for us to experience peace of mind.

The ego searches for shortcomings and weaknesses. Love watches for any sign of strength. It sees how far each one has come and not how far he has to go.

Today I am determined to go through the day with ought hurting myself, or another, with my thoughts or my actions.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.

Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

Fear and love can never be experienced at the same time. It is always our choice as to which of these emotions we want.

We cannot love when we feel fear. When we release the fearful past and forgive everyone, we will experience total love and oneness with all.

There would be very little to dislike in other people if we refused to bring to them all of our own judgements and petty grievances.

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.

He who believes not in your quest should not sail with you, so that he won't sink your ship.

From the Buddhist perspective, the only lasting way to bring about change is for people themselves to change.

Blessed is the covenant of love, the covenant of mercy, useless light behind the terror, deathless song in the house of night.

You cannot outwalk your problems. Can never run fast enough to evade them completely.

Congress is good at doing two things: one is nothing, and the other is overreacting.

I wish the dashboard indicators for lights were standardized throughout the auto industry.

You have to be taught to leave us alone. Leave us alone.

When I'm in the mood to listen to music, I do like to go to the SkyBar [ L.A.].