Love is not a matter of what happens in life. It's a matter of what's happening in your heart.

If you want those around you to act in a more loving and conscious manner, act in a way that helps them to do so.

Serenity is the end - and serenity is also the means - by which you live effectively.

Think of the world as a loving place that is designed to give you everything that you need.

By tuning in to your minute-to-minute stream of consciousness, you discover the addictions that make you worried, anxious, resentful, uptight, afraid, angry, bored, etc. You thus use every uncomfortable emotion as an opportunity for consciousness growth. Even though you may still be feeling emotional and uptight, you begin to get at the roots of your ups and downs - your brief bits of pleasure and your long periods of unhappiness.

Even when we get what we addictively want, our wanting to keep things that way automatically creates a new addiction.

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world.