Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

Here's what I would want for humanity, because this is what I have come to see is true: it's so simple when we listen to people.

There's no one who can teach you except yourself. Each of us needs to look at what our belief system really consists of. Look at the concepts that come across your mind and just notice what you believe.

When you're operating on uninvestigated theories of what's going on and you aren't even aware of it, you're in what I call "the dream." Often the dream becomes troubling; sometimes it even turns into a nightmare. At times like these, you may want to test the truth of your theories by doing The Work on them. The Work always leaves you with less of your uncomfortable story. Who would you be without it? How much of your world is made up of unexamined stories? You'll never know until you inquire.

I am the perpetrator of my suffering - but only all of it.

For me, if somebody tells me to go away, that is an opportunity for me to give them a better life. And that's an opportunity for me to know and realize where not to be. It's an opportunity for me to see what could be better than being with that person I love.

It's our nature to be free, and until we're stuck in a stressful belief system, we're pretty happy.