We are the eyes of the cosmos. So that in a way, when you look deeply into somebody's eyes, you're looking deep into yourself, and the other person is looking deeply into the same self.

Our normal sense of the person as a lonely island of consciousness, is a dramatic illusion based on theological imagery.

Just as money is not real, consumable wealth, books are not life. To idolize scriptures is like eating paper currency.

...the whole universe is through and through the playing of love in every shade of the word's use, from animal lust to divine charity.

this present moment never comes to be and it never ceases to be, it is simply our minds that construct the continuity of thoughts we call time. In the present moment is nirvana.

The biggest ego trip is getting rid of your ego, and of course the joke of it all is that your ego does not exist.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.