There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right !

A work of art comes out of a state of deep stillness.

The whole world accepts that being stressed is the normal way to live.

It's interesting that stepping out of thought was actually triggered by a thought.

When you say, 'I enjoy doing this or that', it is really a misperception. It makes it appear that the joy comes from what you do, but that is not the case. Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you.

Before I wrote The Power of Now, I had a vision that I had already written the book and that it was affecting the world. I had a sense there was already a book somehow in existence. I drew a circle on a piece of paper and it said "book." Then I wrote something about the effect the book had on the world, how it influenced my life and other people's lives, and how it came to be translated into many languages affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

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