There's nothing you need to do, be, have, get, change, practice, or learn in order to be happy, loving and whole.
Michael NeillInner success is the ongoing experience of love, happiness, fulfillment and well-being - the experience of joy in your everyday life.
Michael NeillWe think we are experiencing reality but what we are really experiencing is our thinking.
Michael NeillWe are not afraid of what we think we are afraid of . . . we are afraid of what we think.
Michael NeillAnd by letting go of trying to control the uncontrollable...you ironically increase...the probability of getting what you want.
Michael NeillThe only real purpose of a goal is to inspire you to fall more deeply in love with life.
Michael NeillYou aren't afraid of what you think you're afraid of - you're afraid of what you think.
Michael NeillTo be fully present with what is, is to be content... and to be content is to be blessed by everything that happens in life.
Michael NeillWhen our thoughts look real, we live in a world of suffering. When they look subjective, we live in a world of choice. When they look arbitrary, we live in a world of possibility. And when we see them as illusory, we wake up inside a world of dreams.
Michael NeillWe live in a world of thought, but we think we live in a world of external experience.
Michael NeillIf all you did was tell a lamppost your goals for each day, they would still be far more likely to happen.
Michael NeillIf a stick is floating down a river and gets stuck, it doesn't need years of therapy. It just needs a little nudge and then it will get back into the flow of the river.
Michael NeillFinancial security doesn't come from the amount of money you currently have; it comes from your ability to get more of it whenever you want ... Master the art of serving others and you will secure your financial future.
Michael NeillIf it feels like you're choosing between the lesser of two evils, don't. There is always a higher choice.
Michael NeillThe secret of happiness is simply this... your happiness does NOT depend on getting what you want.
Michael NeillYou have a wisdom inside you - listen for it. You have a light inside you - feel its glow. You have the power to speak and act and make things manifest in the world - let your wisdom and light guide you as you do.
Michael NeillBy taking the time to live life in the slow lane, we quickly experience a deeper, more profound experience of contentment.
Michael NeillWe tend to think only in terms of what we think is plausible that we could pull off and decide that "that's what I want", instead of focusing on "what do I want?" and then figuring out how we could pull it off.
Michael Neill