Disagree with the opinion of what others would have you believe is true, and they will secretly resent you; but quietly refuse to argue about anything with these same people, and they will openly cry out that you have abandoned them.

When it comes to dealing with others who have failed to meet our expectations, let us never forget the following: their choices in the past that may have caused us pain ought never blindly determine how we treat them in the present. After all, if the Divine decided to judge us 'once and for all' -- for even a small portion of our poorly made, self-centered decisions -- surely It would have giv...

We rarely see when we take the path of least resistance in life -- that low road called "guaranteed to go nowhere" -- because of how immediately we identify with the legion of thoughts and feelings that always appear in that same moment of our suffering to justify the "choices" we make to escape it.

Go through any fear... and come out on the other side stronger, wiser, and less afraid. Go around any fear... and never come out.

Go through any fear... and come out on the other side stronger, wiser, and less afraid. Go around any fear... and never come out.

The manifestation of someone who is rude to you is not your problem... so, don't make it one.

Nothing better serves to sustain anger, frustration, and fear than being identified with a level of self whose very existence is founded, at best, upon the sands of passing time and circumstance.

The wish -- and the work it takes to make real and lasting changes (in your life) -- is incompatible with wanting to be comfortable.

Beware of those who do nothing constructive with their precious few moments on this earth, for they seek to squander your allotted time with the same reckless abandon.

The next time you start to feel a burning sensation while busy holding someone's feet to the fire for having displeased you, take a closer look at those feet dancing around in the flames. That's right: they're yours.

One sure sign of progress along the spiritual path is the unthinkable understanding that no matter how, or why it's spoken (to you)... whatever someone says that's true about you... is good for you.

Until we see that our negative reaction toward those we judge for their mechanical, often unthinking action is equally automated -- equally predictable -- we remain little more than a machine that believes it's different from another machine because of the keen eye with which we judge it.