We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen, what we want to happen. When our preference clashes with the reality, we get hurt. Rid yourself of all preconceived ideas as to what should happen. You are then at peace whatever happens.

The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable - when lived in fully - of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.

Society is like a crowd in carnival costumes with everyone fearful that others will see through his disguise.

Realize that the surface personality has no interest in anything which might disturb its darling delusions.

Men have the illusion of having a duty to make the world spin properly, which is precisely what makes it wobble.

Bitterness is the outcome of a wrong mental movement - the attempt to force external events to conform to internal fantasy. The cure is to see fantasy as fantasy, which will reveal it as neither necessary nor rewarding.

All we have to do is to receive what we are given...We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm in crisis, to ignore self-defeating suggestions, to be pleasant, forgiving, tender, helpful, unworried, brave, energetic.