... inherited collective mind-patterns ... have kept humans in bondage to suffering for eons.

Consciousness is a vast ocean and thinking is the waves & ripples on the surface of the ocean.

Stressful energy arises when you think some future moment is more important than the present moment, and the doing becomes only a means to an end.

What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to something that already is?

The future is usually imagined as either better or worse than the present. If the imagined future is better, it gives you hope or pleasurable anticipation. If it is worse, it creates anxiety. Both are illusory.

The foundation of greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment, instead of pursuing the idea of greatness.

At the height of creative activity fueled by enthusiasm, there will be enormous intensity and energy behind what you do. You will feel like an arrow that is moving toward the target-and enjoying the journey.