But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

The physical body is acknowledged as dust, the personal drama as delusion. It is as if the world we perceive through our senses, the whole gorgeous and terrible pageant, were the breath-thin surface of a bubble, and everything else, inside and outside, is pure radiance. Both suffering and joy come then like a brief reflection, and death like a pin.

Even the purest of teachers will face bitter criticism from those who feel threatened by him.

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.