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.

We conquer ourselves by learning patience, for she gives to us our longed for victory only in the surrender of self.

The secret self knows the anguish of our attachments and assures us that letting go of what we think we must have to be happy is the same as letting go of our unhappiness.

Within the human being there exists both the needful and the needed. You know that the needful exists in you. Your own dissatisfaction tells you so. But you believe the needed is somewhere outside of you.

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

In spite of how things may appear to us, we are never trapped by where we are. The trap is always who we are

Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want, the applause of the crowds or to quietly have my own life?