It's a very dangerous thing for the mind to be in motion before one even knows where it's going!...

If knowledge alone were enough to fill the empty heart, then all of the ideas with which we have filled ourselves -- about happiness, love, and contentment -- would have long ago brought an end to our seeking. See the ocean: it does not run after its own waves, as it knows they must return to rest in her depths. And so it is for us: whether we speak of joy, peace, strength, or love itself --...

True nobility is not a question of birth right or social rank; it is the native estate of each soul that, upon awakening to its divine inheritance, knows the strength of these twin truths without having to think about them: justice and mercy are one, as is love and fearlessness.

Part 1 All around us -- and within us, as well... are those who believe this world of time is the only one; vanity is their reward, and its blind partner, self-love... their unseen prison. Part 2 Our dependency on any false feeling of self that suggests some power or peace is still to come is the opposite of the faith they presume to be as they pass through us. These feelings -- alo...

When all you have is yourself, you have to be afraid. And yet if you really had possession of yourself, fear would not have any power over you. And if we're really honest with ourselves, we can see that presently we lose ourselves all of the time. We are always trying to hold in place who we think we are supposed to be. That is not freedom. Being yourself is not the same thing as straining to...

If we work each moment to practice kindness, patience, and persistence -- doing so in grateful remembrance that each breath we take is a gift -- here's what we'll find: the power of being present in this way ensures that each of our "tomorrows" dawns with more Light than was seen this day.

Guy explains why an aspirant should do everything he or she can to be as present to their discontentment as possible.

Here is why rushing from place to place -- from thought to thought -- is the same as going nowhere at all: in one's constant haste to reach the end of some self-spun story -- where he dreams he will, at last, claim the peace he imagines awaits him there -- he runs right by the truth he must see... that is, if he wishes to be set free: there is no story he can tell himself that doesn't develop,...

What we live for, We give to. What we give to, We grow in. What we grow in, We become. What we are becoming Is our life, However we may name it. Only through a change In what we live for Is there a Life beyond becoming.

Part I: Being anxious, always in a rush and racing after whatever it is we've imagined will help us to be more at peace with ourselves, is like running to catch the shadow of a passing cloud on a hot summer's day so that we get to stand in a cool spot! Part II: Rushing through our lives does not produce more time, or do one thing to increase productivity. To the contrary, rushing limits all...

Living with fear of any kind is the negative consequence of having embraced the false belief that the foundation of a fearless life is something we must build for ourselves.

When untouched by the mind we can receive the whole of an impression and thereby be changed by it. Most of the time what we do is involve the mind in the impression by naming and describing it, and because of this we do not receive the whole impression, and therefore we are not changed.