Until we can look at fear and accept it as the shadow of personal existence, as persons we are bound to be afraid.

The personal needs a base, a body to identify oneself with, just as a colour needs a surface to appear on.

Truth gives no advantage. It gives no higher status, no power over others; all you get is truth and freedom from the false.

Freedom is from something. What are you to be free from? Obviously, you must be free from the person you take yourself to be, for it is the idea you have of yourself that keeps you in bondage.

If you are angry or in pain, separate yourself from anger and pain and watch them. Externalization is the first step to liberation.

What is beautiful? Whatever is perceived joyfully is beautiful. Bliss is the essence of beauty.

When I look inside and see that I'm nothing, that's wisdom. When I look outside and see that I'm everything, that's love. And between these two, my life turns.