If you put your hand into a fire, does anyone have to tell you to move it? Do you have to decide? No: When your hand starts to burn, it moves. You don’t have to direct it; the hand moves itself. In the same way, once you understand, through inquiry, that an untrue thought causes suffering, you move away from it.

Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.

I like to say understanding is the power.

When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.

Asking the questions - that's what changes lives. Every cell in your body is awake with inquiry. And you cannot believe the old thoughts again.

Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realizatio n.

Until the mind is open, the heart stays closed. The open mind is the key to the open heart.