The predominance of mind is no more than a stage in the evolution of consciousness. We need to go on to the next stage now as a matter of urgency; otherwise, we will be destroyed by the mind, which has grown into a monster.

Emotion in itself is not unhappiness. Only emotion plus an unhappy story is unhappiness

If people believe the world is here to satisfy them, whenever they begin to encounter their limitations, they become unhappy.

If spacious stillness is missing, the relationship will be dominated by the mind and can easily be taken over by problems and conflict. If stillness is there, it can contain anything.

Reality is a unified whole, but thought cuts it up into fragments.

Be present as the watcher of your mind - of your thoughts and emotions as well as your reactions in various situations. Be at least as interested in your reactions as in the situation or person that causes you to react.

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