It's not possible to have a problem without believing a prior thought. To notice this simple truth is the beginning of peace.

Every mind deserves to be free.

When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives

One morning in February 1986, out of nowhere, I experienced a realization. In an instant, I discovered that when I believed my stressful thoughts, I suffered, but when I questioned them, I didn't suffer.

Everyone has equal wisdom. It is absolutely equally distributed. No one is wiser than anyone else.

Judge your neighbor, write it down. Ask four questions, turn it around.

The most important relationship is the mind's relationship with itself. In other words, the ultimate - and, really, the only - relationship you have is the relationship with your own thoughts.