People who think they know usually stopped thinking long ago.

People are beginning to realize that self-knowledge is not an end in itself. It's for the purpose of better relationships, so that we can give to our community. You can give from overflow. It's very hard to give from emptiness. . . . People who avoid self-knowledge cause a great deal of pain to themselves as well as to their families and friends.

You are much more than the sum of what you produce.

Each of us seeks peace of mind, but we sometimes fear that it means giving up excitement and ecstasy. Peace sounds like contentment, which sounds like settling, letting the fire go out. Actually, peace of mind allows you to go more deeply into the world and consequently to experience more excitement and ecstasy. The fire burns brighter, fueled by awareness instead of anxiety.

There is no love that rewards with more consistency and provides lifelong passion as the love one has for the world.

It's a lot easier to get your way if you have more than one way.

There are, of course, two kinds of suffering, that which has a reward and that which doesn't.