We have all sorts of stories about heaven and hell, about oblivion and nothingness, about 'coming back, ' and so on. But they are all stories.

We're never called on to do what hurts. We just do what hurts out of ignorance and habit. Once we see what we're doing, we can stop.

[T]here is really nothing 'out there' to get because, already, within this moment, everything is whole and complete.

The impossibility of arriving at Truth by giving up your own authority and following the lights of others. Such a path will only lead to an opinion.

[I]mpermanence [is] the very thing that makes [life] vibrant, wonderful, and alive.

[A] book is not merely a book, it is the sun as well.

There's no rule in the end, but only the situation and the inclination of your mind

[H]ow can something cease to exist that has no solid existence in the first place?

The only way we can be free in each moment is to become what each moment is.

How can a hard and fast view of a world that is never hard and fast possibly be accurate?

Truth is not … something to believe or disbelieve. The things we believe are always less than Truth[.]

A Day is Never bad. A Day does No harm. A Day begins and ends with the passage of time. What happens in between, is up to the hearts of humanity.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

I think I'm past the age of getting lost.

I am about to - or I am going to - die; either expression is correct.

What if I’ve forgotten the most important thing?

The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.

It would be really arrogant of us to not have any of the fears.

Amplified by the still of night, the book opened -- a gust of wind.

We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see.

Just to keep bad dreams at bay, she took a swig out of a bottle that smelled of apples and happy brain-death.