As we hate ourselves less, we tend to hate other people less too.

The way you succeed at all this stuff is by stopping trying to succeed and just working very hard without thinking about it, just trusting, completely. It's that faith that creates the bridge on which you walk across to eternity.

Gain control of the mind and make it still, initially just during periods of meditation, but then throughout the day and throughout the night.

I can understand pathways to enlightenment where people shun certain aspects of the sensual world because they feel that these aspects are very powerful; they're not in a position to control their appetites.

Self-realization is the last game on earth worth playing.

Sitting around idly contemplating doesn't produce much. In work you can discipline your attention, forget about your misery.

Focus on this moment. Hold your hand and see what it feels like. Go look at some grass. Talk to a palm tree. Outrun a Ferrari. Experience life.