When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation or accept it, all else is madness.

When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life. It means fear is no longer a dominant factor in what you do and no longer prevents you from taking action to initiate change. The Roman philosopher Tacitus rightly observed that 'the desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.' If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into aliveness, alertness and creativity.

Above all, the only thing you have to heal is the present thought. Get that right and the whole picture will change into one of harmony and joy.

I do not put much emphasis on periods of meditation - if you do meditation, it's fine - but the important thing is to bring the awareness into everyday life, into every little action that you do, into the varied challenges of everyday life.

To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer the universe.

Don't think of yourself as having a past, don't think of yourself as having a future. What's left?

Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.