With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.

Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.

The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and 'will' cannot evolve involuntarily.

If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.

Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.

It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the 'I Am,' our real presence, can awaken.

Never think of results, just do!

Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.

He who has gotten rid of the disease of "tomorrow" has a chance of achieving what he is here for.

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.

One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.

Letters couldn't care less whether what is written with them is true or false.

You can't go to medical school and come out and be like, 'I'm going to be a dog catcher.' That would be so pointless.

We're going forward, but nothing changes.

The hardest thing about life is that every now and then you have to do things so you have something to tweet about.

Karma means your have to live with the consequences of the actions you have taken in the past. Whatever you put out is coming back.

When you live your life acting upon your deepest intuitions, no decision you ever make in life will be feared or a risk.

You can't change the past so don't let it haunt you. You can change the future but first you've got to want to.

Think about what there is to learn from your heritage, good and bad, and about what you want to cultivate and not cultivate.

How hard is hitting? You ever walk into a pitch-black room full of furniture that you've never been in before and try to walk through it without bumping into anything? Well, it's harder than that.

Choose an author as you would a friend.