There is no free will if to exercise it in certain ways produces punishment. That makes a mockery of free will and renders it counterfeit.

There's no way you can misunderstand the teachings of the Qur'an, there's no way you can misunderstand the teachings of the Bible, there's no way you can misunderstand the teachings of the Bhaghavad Gita, or of the Book of Mormon, or of the other sacred texts of many of those religions.

There are only two energies at the core of the human experience: love and fear. Love grants freedom, fear takes it away. Love invites full expression, fear punishes it. Love invites you, always, to break the bonds of ignorance.

The act of resisting something is the act of granting it life... the more you resist, the more you make it real - whatever it is you are resisting.

Life may more than once call upon you to prove Who You Are by demonstrating an aspect of Who You Are Not.

We all want survival, safety, security, peace, prosperity, opportunity, health, happiness, and love. Yet we seem utterly unable to produce it for any but the tiniest minority of us - even after trying for thousands of years.

What you have carried in your mind about the world is what you will see around the world. What you carry in your mind about your life is what you will see in your life.