Nonreaction to the ego in others is one of the most effective ways not only of going beyond ego in yourself but also of dissolving the collective human ego.

I have learned to offer no resistance to what is; I have learned to allow the present moment to be and to accept the impermanent nature of all things and conditions. Thus have I found peace.

Life isn't as serious as my mind makes it out to be.

When you look at a tree and perceive its stillness, you become still yourself. You connect with it at a very deep level.

Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.

When you become aware of silence, immediately there is that state of inner still alertness. You are present. You have stepped out of thousands of years of collective human conditioning.

The ego doesn't know that the source of all energy is within you, so it seeks it outside.

Make it your practice to withdraw attention from past and future whenever they are not needed. Step out of the time dimension as much as possible in everyday life.

When you fully accept that you don't know, you give up struggling to find answers with the limited thinking mind, and that is when a greater intelligence can operate through you.

Nature can bring you to stillness. That is its gift to you.

You don't need to own anything to feel abundant, although if you feel abundant consistently things will almost certainly come to you. Abundance comes only to those who already have it. It sounds almost unfair, but of course it isn't. It is a universal law.

Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly.

On a deeper level you are already complete, and when you realize that, there is a playful, joyous energy behind what you do.

Negativity is not intelligent. It is always of the ego.

To be aware of little, quiet things you need to be quiet inside. A high degree of alertness is required. Be still. Look. Listen. Be present.

The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. And what is a grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.

If you resist what happens, you are at the mercy of what happens, and the world will determine your happiness and unhappiness.

Whenever you become anxious or stressed, outer purpose has taken over, and you lost sight of your inner purpose. You have forgotten that your state of consciousness is primary, all else secondary.

Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life.

There have been many people for whom limitation, failure, loss, illness, or pain in whatever form turned out to be their greatest teacher. It taught them to let go of false self-images and superficial ego-dictated goals and desires. It gave them depth, humility, and compassion.