A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.

Know that everything is in perfect order whether you understand it or not.

Do the moment-to-moment work of dropping anything that wants to drag you down, and Reality itself will see to it that you rise.

Walk lightly through life.

Instead of always asking yourself how to clear up your mental fog, learn to ask: "Can confusion know anything about clarity?"

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

One of the most important rules for me is: Don't ever defend myself. If we could put this one principle into practice, how much more simple life would be.