I don't let go of concepts -I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.

When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.

Self-realization is not complete until it lives in action.

It's very benign, it seems, to think, "There's a tree." In fact, it's a very beautiful thought. If someone chops down all the trees, then we think, "Oh, my goodness, something is out of order in my world." We begin to think, "Who am I in a world without trees?"

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

In the fall, you don't grieve because the leaves are falling and dying. You say, "Isn't it beautiful!" Well, we're the same way. There are seasons. We all fall sooner or later. It's all so beautiful. And our concepts, without investigation, keep us from knowing this. It's beautiful to be a leaf, to be born, to fall, to give way to the next, to become food for the roots. It's life, always changing its form and always giving itself completely. We all do our part. No mistake.

The person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is.