The world isn't what I've believed it to be, and I am not what I believed me to be, and neither is anyone.

Whatever it takes for you to find your freedom, that's what you've lived.

If I say, if I talk about, 'I want to be enlightened...' it implies a future. And there isn't any.

It's not easy to find your own way when you believe that you need love, approval, appreciation, or anything from your family. It's particularly hard when you want them to see things your way.

When you do The Work, you see who you are by seeing who you think other people are. Eventually you come to see that everything outside you is a reflection of your own thinking. You are the storyteller, the projector of all stories, and the world is the projected image of your thoughts.

If your happiness depends on your children being happy, that makes them your hostages. So stay out of their business, stop using them for your happiness, and be your own happiness. And that way you are the teacher for your children: someone who knows how to live a happy life.

Questioning our stressful thoughts, we come to see they're not true.