Each person's life – each lifeform, in fact – represents a world, a unique way in which the universe experiences itself.

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

Focus attention on the feeling inside you. Know that it is the pain-body. Accept that it is there. Don't think about it - don't let the feeling turn into thinking. Don't judge or analyze. Don't make an identity for yourself out of it. Stay present, and continue to be the observer of what is happening inside you. Become aware not only of the emotional pain but also of "the one who observes," the silent watcher. This is the power of the Now, the power of your own conscious presence. Then see what happens.

The vital function that pets fulfill in this world hasn't been fully recognized. They keep millions of people sane.

Every morning we awaken from sleep and from our dreams and enter the state we call wakefulness. A continuous stream of thoughts, most of them repetitive, characterizes the normal wakeful state.

How do you let go of attachment to things? Don’t even try. It’s impossible. Attachment to things drops away by itself when you no longer seek to find yourself in them.

Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists.