Part 1 We spend so much of our time thinking and re-thinking about how to succeed with our personal escape plans that -- for these same dreams of a freedom to come -- it never has a chance to dawn on us that our True Nature cannot be made a prisoner of anything! Part 2 When nothing seems to be going right, make your world a brighter place by remembering this simple truth: Whatever w...

Waiting for a peaceful life to come as a result of what others do is like hoping that you can quench your thirst by watching someone else drink water. Real peace is not an agreement between others; it is a personal act of sacrificing the self that believes others are responsible for the conflict it experiences.

No one is free who thinks that he is; he is free alone who no longer has any need to think about himself at all.

Trying to find fulfillment through experiences alone is like thinking you can receive nourishment from a bowl of soup you see reflected in a mirror.

What does the mind explore other than itself? After all, what else is there for it to discover other than the extent of its own latent capacity to become conscious of all that it is?...

Letting our "plans" for life take the place of actually living . . . is like hoping to catch the delicate scent of a rose by flipping through a book on how to successfully grow a flower garden.

The mind that thinks in order to understand life believes it can see, but (it) can't; while the mind that sees doesn't need to think to understand life; (it) has no need for belief...

Thinking can no more produce true peace of mind than throwing a stone into the center of a pond has the power to quiet its ripples.

It is impossible to be thinking about a spiritual principle – as in how to best use it in one’s hour of need – and practice it at the same time.

It's crucial for us to understand that the thrust of our habitual thinking lives with its attention fixed, not on beginnings, but on the end of things. Don't we always wonder what our lives will be like tomorrow? Aren't we forever dreaming about how different things will be once we win this or achieve that? Don't we, in our mind's eye, perpetually walk towards a brighter moment to come, thinking about how good we'll feel once we're able to resolve some...

We should count as most valuable any day where, in some small way, we are awake enough to catch our own wrong thinking working to make us its victim.

Whoever walks through this world, unaware of their thinking... is fast asleep, living in a waking dream...