Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives
Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed.
I suffered from severe depression for over a decade. My condition deteriorated steadily. I was suicidal.
If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change.
Sleep just gives the ego a little time out. It has to stay strong in order to be something that it isn't.
The mind at war with itself does war with any other mind, and that produces war in the world - all of it.
Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want.
The world isn't what I've believed it to be, and I am not what I believed me to be, and neither is anyone.
The apparent craziness of the world, like everything else, is a gift that we can use to set our minds free.
You don’t experience anxiety unless you’re attached to a thought that isn’t true for you. It’s that simple.
I love to not defend ever and to open my mind and take in what can always add to me, not take away from me.
I'm the one who changes the world if I can follow what I think should and shouldn't be lived in this world.
Sometimes the concept you're questioning makes more sense to ask just the second one and not the first one.
Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.
Some of us are returning to sanity, because we're tired of the pain. We're in a hurry. No time to mess around.
Every uncomfortable feeling, every pain, every moment of stress & suffering is for your own self-realizatio n.
If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen."
The greatest stock market you can invest in is yourself. Finding this truth is better than finding a gold mine.
The ultimate and dearest - and, again, only - relationship we have is the relationship we have with our thoughts.
Thought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.
When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting.
When we work with our thinking, then to have great wealth is the same as to have nothing. That's the only freedom.
When you think that someone or something other than yourself needs to change, you're mentally out of your business.
When the creative mind is unleashed and understands its true nature, it's unlimited. There's nothing you cannot do.
The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story.
The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.
You’ve never reacted to someone else. You project meaning onto nothing. And you react to the meaning you’ve projected
We don't attach to people or to things; we attach to uninvestigated concepts that we believe to be true in the moment.
Everyone wants peace, inside and outside, and we would all have it if we knew how. Now we know how. It begins with you.
I would go out into the desert. The desert was my teacher. I didn't know about gurus and wise people-I wasn't a reader.
You can’t change what you haven’t realized yet. Once you realize what you were asleep to, the change happens on its own.
Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don't feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.
When your son is healthy and happy, you're healthy and happy. And when your son is not healthy, let's say you're unhappy.
Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.
Rather than understand the original cause-a thought-we try to change the stressful feelings by looking outside ourselves.
God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God's intention: It's exactly what is in every moment.
That's the purpose of stress. It's a friend. It's an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it's time to do The Work.
The nature of mind is that it loves everything once it loves itself, just as it opposes everything when it opposes itself.
If you're yelling within you that they shouldn't yell at you, that is where the pain begins, not with their yelling at you.
We're all looking for love, in our confusion, until we find our way back to the realization that love is what we already are.
It's not possible to have a problem without believing a prior thought. To notice this simple truth is the beginning of peace.
Reality doesn't wait for your opinion, vote, or permission, sweetheart. It just keeps being what it is and doing what it does.
Here's what I would want for humanity, because this is what I have come to see is true: it's so simple when we listen to people.
Fear is blind. There are some options in it, but they're very limited as compared to the options available to the fearless mind.
When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.
If something happens to your son, your thoughts about not having him in your life is what your terror is. It's not about his life.
When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.
The miracle of love comes to you in the presence of the uninterpreted moment. If you are mentally somewhere else, you miss real life.
If you think the cause of your problem is 'out there,' you'll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within.