We see a lot of people who decide to go out and teach meditation. They become so wrapped up in it that they stop progressing themselves and they really don't have that much more to teach.

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

Samadhi is not going to take away your humanity. It will give it to you. You will become more cosmopolitan, more conscious, and more infinite.

There are some great stories in The Second Ring of Power about how Don Juan and Don Genaro found their apprentices and what they went through to fool their students into seeking light.

Self-realization doesn't imply loss, gain, even transition; it's only a settling. The separate sounds on the beach, the birds, the waves, the wind. They all come together again, they blend, they harmonize.

The obvious answer to money is to have tons of it - simply figure out how to make more money than you really need and go for it.

No matter how many times you have failed you must keep going forward. Only when you have become humble will you begin to grasp the meaning of life.