Silence is helpful, but you don't need it in order to find stillness. Even when there is noise, you can be aware of the stillness underneath the noise, of the space in which the noise arises. That is the inner space of pure awareness, consciousness itself.

So one could say that the only real problem is dysfunctional thinking, the rest are challenges, not problems.

Thinking without awareness is the main dilemma of human existence.

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

Christ is your God-essence or the Self, as it is sometimes called in the East. The only difference between Christ and presence is that Christ refers to your indwelling divinity regardless of whether you are conscious of it or not, whereas presence means your awakened divinity or God-essence.

The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when your life is not 'this moment.' Is this not a fact?

The purpose of the world is for youto be lost in it, ultimately. The purpose of the world is for you to suffer, to create the suffering that seems to be what is needed for the awakening to happen.