Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.
The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.
To know one's Self is to be blissful always.
The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.
The source of the ego is God.
Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All that is necessary is to know its existence is in you. You are never out of its operation.