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

When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.

You’ve never reacted to someone else. You project meaning onto nothing. And you react to the meaning you’ve projected

It's not the darkness that people fear; it's what they imagine into the darkness.

It's not what happens in life that bothers us. It's what we're believing about it that bothers us.

There is no peace in the world until you find peace within yourself in this moment.

Once we begin to question our thoughts, our partners-alive, dead or divorced-are always our greatest teachers. There's no mistake about the person you're with; he or she is the perfect teacher for you, whether or not the relationship works out, and once you enter inquiry, you come to see that clearly.