So give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting . . . snap out of it. Come into the present moment. Just be, and enjoy being. If you are present, there is never any need for you to wait for anything. So next time somebody says, “Sorry to have kept you waiting,” you can reply, “That's all right, I wasn't waiting. I was just standing

In a fully functional organism, an emotion has a very short life span. It is like a momentary ripple or wave on the surface of your Being.

You can be effective in this world without stress.

Stress is wanting something to be the way it isn't.

Most humans live in the mindset that this moment is only important because it's getting them to the next one.

Most people's lives are run by desire and fear. Desire is the need to add something to yourself in order to be yourself more fully. All fear is the fear of losing something and thereby becoming diminished and being less. These two movements obscure the fact that Being cannot be given or taken away. Being in its fullness is already within you, Now.

Life always is now. Life is inseparable from now.