It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.

We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.

Truth does not really hurt, rather it is our resistance to its message that causes us pain.

When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.

We can no more enjoy life by hoping for a future result than we can enjoy music by waiting for the final note.

When one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it, you have your emergency plan ready. And in simple language what that emergency plan is, what you put into operation, is called worry. If you can worry you are occupied, and what an incredible human situation it is!