We are most often in the dark when we are the most certain, and the most enlightened when we are the most confused.

If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or spiritual evolution.

A life of total dedication to the truth also means a life of willingness to be personally challenged.

Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom

I make no distinction between the mind and the spirit, and therefore no distinction between the process of achieving spiritual growth and achieving mental growth. They are one and the same.

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.