What is True is always new, ceaselessly original... and to realize its innocence, to share in its inexhaustible power and spontaneity, we too must be original.

Whether the wind is at his back, or blows squarely in his face, the true aspirant sails on knowing... he is always in the right place.

Any part of one's self that finds good reason to justify its pain is the source of that pain it justifies.

The only way to be free of troublesome people is to be free of the part of you that's out looking for trouble!...

The rougher the seas he agrees to cross, the better the sailor he becomes.

Fearlessness comes with the birth of this new understanding: the only reason life changes as it does is to reveal and perfect the secret goodness that both drives and underlies those same changes.

Whenever a strong feeling comes over you -- that you are right to feel negative about some outer circumstance -- you may be quite certain that, inwardly, you're standing in the wrong place.

The path to self-perfection weaves its secret way through the land of imperfection, where only the conscious awareness of where we actually are (in this land) changes forever where we stand.

Self-awakening, and the freedom from fear that attends it, begins with seeing through what is not real, just as freedom from the terror of being in a nightmare begins with discovering that you have been asleep and having a bad dream.

Taking thought is the futile attempt to harmonize an 'event' that is already come and gone - and with it the reason for its appearance that can't be separated from your purpose in that same moment.

Don't save yourself. In a moment when you see that you are trying to save yourself by justifying, explaining, avoiding, or condemning yourself... stop and see that you are in fact trying to save yourself. Instead, suffer this level of self as best you can by...

Remove and Replace the old 'I' with an awareness of 'I Am.' Anytime you feel a contraction of, for instance, indignation, disappointment, or even pride, notice the instantaneous surge of a strong sense of self that comes with it. Remember that this sensation comes from...