Who you really are, your True Nature, is no more tied to the kind of person you've been than the wind is tied to the skies through which it moves.

The past is as powerless to darken the present moment as is a shadow to reach up and drag down the form that casts it.

Real change isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all.

Walk lightly through life.

The only way to cultivate a quiet mind is by planting seeds of silence.

Disappointment, discouragement, and despair are nothing but the bitter fruit of an unfulfilled expectation allowed to live beyond its time.

True happiness isn't something that can be made. It isn't the result of anything. Happiness comes to those who understand that you can't seek it any more than you seek the air you breathe. It is a part of life to be found within living. ... All pursuit of happiness is based upon the false assumption that there is a way to possess it; you may as well try to grab a handful of breeze! Happiness is the natural expression of a stress-free life, just as sunlight naturally warms the Earth after dark clouds appear.