Compassion is the awareness of a deep bond between yourself and all creatures.

Just as dogs love to chew bones, the mind loves to get its teeth into problems. That's why it does crossword puzzles and builds atom bombs.

Knowing yourself as the awareness behind the voice is freedom.

The most important healing - realizing who you are. The healing on the outer level is fine, but it's not the essence of healing.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

The most decisive event in your life is when you discover you are not your thoughts or emotions. Instead, you can be present as the awareness behind the thoughts and emotions.

Look at all the conflict between tribes, nations, and religions. They need their enemies, because they provide the sense of separateness on which their collective egoic identity depends.