“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.”

“From a good teacher you may learn the secret of listening. You will never learn the secret of life. You will have to listen for yourself”

“You can learn a lot from a professional baseball player, if you can get one, which obviously you can't.”

“You're going to have to make your own fortune. You've been given a lot of challenge. No one is going to help you or save you. You're going to have to do it yourself.”

“Never say, "O Lord, I am a miserable sinner." Who will help you? You are the help of the universe. What in this universe can help you? What can prevail over you? You are the God of the universe; where can you seek for help? Never help came from anywhere but from yourself. In your ignorance, every prayer that you made and that was answered, you thought was answered by some Being, but you answered the prayer yourself unknowingly. The help came from yourself, and you fondly imagined that someone was sending help to you. There is no help for you outside of yourself; you are the creator of the universe. Like the silkworm, you have built a cocoon around yourself. Who will save you? Burst your own cocoon and come out as a beautiful butterfly, as the free soul. Then alone you will see Truth.”

“You now get to decide for yourself just what the scope and clarity of your brilliance can be….This is the writer’s life. And for this there is no teacher left. So go for it. Wow yourself.”