We [people] have a teacher! The teacher is ourselves! We already know everything we need to know - our challenge is to discover that we know it. Turning to gurus, I think, we become guru-dependent, no different from drug-dependent, alcohol-dependent - needing an outside force to control our lives.

Dying is like diving into a deep lake on a hot day. There's the shock of that sharp, cold change, the pain of it for a second, and then accepting is a swim in reality. But after so many times, even the shock wears off.

As you believe, so it is for you.

Grief is no more necessary when we understand death than fear is necessary when we understand flying.

Live enough of what you've always dreamed of doing, and there's no room left for feeling bad.

Individuals somehow are led to find my books at times that are important to them. The mail that I get very, very often will say, "I was at a difficult time in my life, and someone gave me a copy."

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.