As far as intellect, what else is there? Without intellect, no story and no world.

What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?

Clarity moves much more efficiently than violence or stress.

When I turn the thought around - the thought that war, let's say war in Iraq, should stop - the turnaround is the war in myself should stop.

I have a list of universal beliefs, and they are amazing beliefs, like, "No one cares" or "You don't care about me"; "I should be successful" or "I'm not successful"; "I don't have enough money"; "I'm too tall or thin or fat"; "I shouldn't have done it" - oh, my goodness, they go on and on and on.

When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.

Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is the only nightmare that we have lived.