Depression, pain, and fear are gifts that say, "Sweetheart, take a look at your thinking in this moment. You're living in a story that isn't true for you." Living a lie is always stressful. And investigating a lie through The Work always leads you back to who you are. Who you are is not an option. You are love. It hurts to believe you're other than who you are, to live any story less than love.

The ultimate and dearest - and, again, only - relationship we have is the relationship we have with our thoughts.

You don't have to feel bad to act kindly. Love doesn't stand by, it moves with the speed of clarity.

Your parents are your projection-nothing more.

I came to see that there was nothing to forgive, that I was the one who caused my own problems.

There's never a mistake in the universe. So if your partner is angry, good. If there are things about him that you consider flaws, good, because these flaws are your own, you're projecting them, and you can write them down, inquire, and set yourself free. People go to India to find a guru, but you don't have to: you're living with one. Your partner will give you everything you need for your own freedom.

There's no way that a clear mind can live an unhappy life.