We feel that our actions are voluntary when they follow a decision and involuntary when they happen without decision. But if a decision itself were voluntary every decision would have to be preceded by a decision to decide - An infinite regression which fortunately does not occur. Oddly enough, if we had to decide to decide, we would not be free to decide

A living body is not a fixed thing, but a flowing event, like a flame or a whirlpool.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we're not alone.

There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied.

You can't live at all unless you can live fully now.

If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself - so that without this underlying trust in the whole system of nature you are simply paralyzed