The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not “the thinker.” The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated. You then begin to realize that there is a vast realm of intelligence beyond thought, that thought is only a tiny aspect of that intelligence. You also realize that all the things that truly matter – beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace – arise from beyond the mind. You begin to awaken.

Get the inside right, and the outside will take care of itself.

Only if you resist what happens are you at the mercy of what happens, and the world will determine your happiness and unhappiness

A short attention span makes all of your perceptions and relationships shallow and unsatisfying.

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.

You are the love and joy beneath the pain.

The animals are at a level prior to thinking. They haven't lost themselves in thought. We rise above thinking and then we meet them again, where we're both in no-thought. There's a deep connection.