A whole new kind of spiritual happiness dawns in us as we realize that dark clouds do not ruin sunny skies... they merely pass through them to help us remember our love of the light.

No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time - in fact, the only time - to make a real change in your life is in the moment of seeing the need for it. He who hesitates always gets lost in the hundred reasons why tomorrow is a better day to get started.

What good is any feeling we may have about ourselves, if it only lasts as long as others agree to it?

If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.

The only mistake that we can make as human beings is to be asleep, unaware of ourselves.

Most people would rather complain about some painful life pattern than dare to meet the level of their own consciousness responsible for its repeated appearance... and therein do the work needed to change it once and for all.

Being anxious, or in a painful rush of any kind, kills the possibility of meeting anyone with compassion