I know that at the core of each religion there is the truth, heavily obscured in some cases, but it's there.

True happiness is not related to external conditions but comes from the unconditioned.

The ego is a false sense based on mental concepts. It is identification with the body and the mind-primarily identification with thought form.

The great arises out of small things that are honored and cared for. Everybody's life really consists of small things. Greatness is a mental abstraction and a favorite fantasy of the ego. The paradox is that the foundation for greatness is the honoring of small things of the present moment instead of pursuing the idea of greatness.

"Getting away from it all," many people want that, and of course ultimately the only way to get away from it all is to go within, now.

When you listen to the voice in your head, listen to it impartially. That is to say, do not judge. You'll soon realize: there is the voice, and here I am listening to it, watching it. This I am realization, this sense of your own presence, is not a thought. It arises from beyond the mind.

Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in your mind.