When we're not defending and justifying, and we're being very still, our answers can and do shock us.

The world will be at war as long as the mind is at war with itself. If we can't find peace within ourselves, where is the hope for peace in the world?

I saw that we're all doing the best we can. This is how a lifetime of humility begins.

I have an expression I say a lot: I'm in a hurry. There's suffering on this planet that is so easy to break through if the mind is open to doing so.

Nothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door.

If someone says, "Katie, you are out of order," over something I've said, or, "Katie, you are wrong," if I defend myself or justify myself, then I have just started the war.

It's just a constant thing when the mind starts to wake up to itself.