Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.

Only by awakening can you know the true meaning of that word.

Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.

When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence.

I enjoy going to Starbucks, having a cup of coffee, sitting in my car, driving from here to there, sitting at home looking at the trees, going for a walk with a dog. It's all very enjoyable.

You can't think about presence, and the mind can't understand it. Understanding presence is being present.

When someone becomes transparent, then something shines through that person that has nothing to do with the person or any of his or her personal history. What is required is becoming so transparent that the self or ego dissolves.