If you want reality to be different than it is, you might as well try to teach a cat to bark.

I use the word inquiry as synonymous with The Work...Inquiry is a way to end confusion and to experience internal peace, even in a world of apparent chaos. Above all else, inquiry is about realizing that all the answers we ever need are always available inside us.

I love what I think, and I'm never tempted to believe it.

God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God's intention: It's exactly what is in every moment.

We may appear to be mean but we're really only frightened.

Your understanding of another person is limited by what you think you already know. So when you just listen, the person you meet won't match your preconception. The exciting thing is that you usually meet someone much wiser and kinder than you expected. You might also lose track of your ideas about who you are.

If you want to clean up the environment, start with your mind. It starts there!