"It's for each of us to look at what we really do believe - what our belief system really consists of."
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"It doesn´t come later. Everything you´re supposed to do is here right now."
"Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed."
"I havent had a single thought for 26 years. I have only understanding. Its somewhat complicated to understand that. Ive hardly ever spoken about it. Youre in a state of total peace of mind. A kind of nirvana."
"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."
"Nothing can cost you someone you love. The only thing that can cost you your husband is if you believe a thought. That's how you move away from him. That's how the marriage ends. You are one with your husband until you believe the thought that he should look a certain way, he should give you something, he should be something other than what he is. That's how you divorce him. Right then and there you have lost your marriage."
"When you act like a teacher, it's usually because you're afraid to be the student."
"How do you react when you think you need people's love? Do you become a slave for their approval?"
"All sadness is a tantrum."
"How do I know that I don’t need what I want? I don’t have it."
"As long as we believe our thoughts, there will always be war."
"The apparent craziness of the world, like everything else, is a gift that we can use to set our minds free."
"The nightmare always becomes laughter, once it's understood."
"The teacher you need is the person you're living with."
"Nothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door."
"Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past."
"Thinking that people are supposed to do or be anything other than what they are is like saying that the tree over there should be the sky. I investigated that and found freedom."
"Thought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing."
"When I am perfectly clear, what is is what I want."
"The pain shows you what's left to investigate."