There's a different film being made in every mind. And of course, the star of the film is the mind, the personality, the self.

I've moved a lot of my students into a high state of mind, but they don't do the things I have shown them how to do. So then, they drop down into a lower stage of attention.

If someone is in the same state of mind and doesn't seek to block your success, you have a friend. Such friends are rare, and if you find such a friend, value them.

We feel crowded by other people; we feel crowded by social rules; we feel crowded by ourselves, mainly.

Studying with a teacher doesn't simply mean going to an occasional seminar or Zen retreat. It means fully applying yourself to what the teacher says, most of which is not verbal.

The perceptual body that you are at the time of death ceases to be. It is not structured quite so tightly.

If you decide that you are a winner, and if you hold that image in your mind strongly enough, you will become a winner.