The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible.

I like walking in the pool. That isn't what makes me feel spiritual. But alive.

I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.

I've got to love the souls of people. Because I can't love every incarnation. To love their souls, I have to identify with my own soul.

When you want to become free, your righteousness and anger are much less interesting than they used to be.

Be patient. You'll know when it's time for you to wake up and move ahead.

If you meditate regularly, even when you don't feel like it, you will make great gains, for it will allow you to see how your thoughts impose limits on you. Your resistances to meditation are your mental prisons in miniature.