It may be true that the unexamined life is not worth living-but neither is the unlived life worth examining.

When we feel stuck, going nowhere-even starting to slip backward-we may actually be backing up to get a running start.

Your greatest fear is death and your deepest craving is survival. You want Forever, you desire Eternity. In your deluded belief that you are this 'mind' or 'spirit' or 'soul', you find the escape clause in your contract with mortality. Perhaps as 'mind' you can wing free of the body when it dies, hmm?

Faith does not rely on knowing anything with certainty. It requires only the courage to accept that whatever happens is for the highest good.

Inward spiritual practices such as meditation, breathing techniques and self-analysis generate insights and enhance abilities, but none are so useful as learning to live harmoniously in a committed relationship, being a skillful parent, or juggling the demands of daily life.

Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.

Like this gas tank, you are overflowing with preconceptions, full of useless knowledge. You hold many facts and opinions, yet know little of yourself. Before you can learn, you'll have to first empty your tank.