To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our own terms, to lead a more passionate, full, and delightful life than that, we must realize that we can endure a lot of pain and pleasure for the sake of finding out who we are and what this world is...

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

Fear itself is the vanguard of wisdom

Life's work is to wake up, to let the things that enter your life wake you up rather than put you to sleep.

I can't overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.

Cool loneliness allows us to look honestly and without aggressionat our own minds. We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think weought to be, or who we think we want to be, or who we think other peoplethink we want to be or ought to be. We give it up and just look directlywith compassion and humor at who we are. Then loneliness is no threat andheartache, no punishment.

We're not trying to be something we aren't; rather, we're reconnecting with who we are.