We are who we are, and when you accept people instead of trying to change them to fit your needs, your relationships can fully blossom.
When we were children, there was a silent part of us watching the child. When we were adolescents, there was that same witness watching the adolescent. Middle age, and so on. Every one, now and again, has discovered the self, the one who is watching.
The past is gone, the future is not here, now I am free of both. Right now, I choose joy.
If you want to be happy, make someone else happy. If you want to find the right person in your life, be the right person. If you want to see change in the world, become the change you want to see.
There is no fixed physical reality, no single perception of the world, just numerous ways of interpreting world views as dictated by one’s nervous system and the specific environment of our planetary existence.
That I am not my experiences is very obvious. I am the one who is having those experiences. Spirituality has nothing to do with experience.
When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities.
The shelf life of molecules is very short. Ninety-eight percent of all the atoms in my body are gone by next year.
To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.
I create my success from within.
The goal is to be the observer of your thoughts and not let your thoughts control you.
Miracles happen every day. Not just in remote country villages or at holy sites halfway across the globe, but here, in our own lives.
The most satisfying project you will ever undertake-and a mark of a complete human being-is to discover how to build a sense of happiness that no one can take away from you...
Change your story, change your life. Basically, that’s what it is.
For me and my family personally, September 11 was a reminder that life is fleeting, impermanent, and uncertain. Therefore, we must make use of every moment and nurture it with affection, tenderness, beauty, creativity, and laughter.
Soul loss is regarded as the most serious diagnosis and the single greatest cause of premature death or serious illness by the traditionals, and it’s not even mentioned in our Western medical textbooks.
Negative people deplete your energy. Surround yourself with love and nourishment and do not allow the creation of negativity in your environment.
Use memories. Do not let memories use you.
The universe has much bigger plans for you than you ever dreamed of for yourself.
Sixty-five percent of Americans say they know nothing about either Muhammad or Islam.