Nothing glows brighter than the heart awakened to the unseen light of love that lives within it.

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.

Once you know what it means to choose in favor of yourself, there is no power in the universe that can make you choose against yourself.

Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval - is like cutting a flower into pieces so that it will fit into a vase.

Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.

Chasing after a pleasure to ease a pain is like running after a breeze to cool you down.

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.