To be religious is to be sensitive to reality.

Fear is nonacceptance of what is.

As long as the mind is in conflict-blaming, resisting, condemning-there can be no understanding. If I want to understand you, I must not condemn you, obviously.

If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.

Why do you want to read others' books when there is the book of yourself?

Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then unexpectedly, mysteriously, happiness is there, born of purity, of a loveliness of being.

Belief creates its own experience; therefore, such an experience is not true.