“The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.”
“As children, we played hide and seek with one another, as adults with ourselves.”
“Remember that your thoughts are the primary cause of everything.”
“If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Primary reality is within; secondary reality without.”
“If you listen to the political discourse in America today, you would think that all our problems have been caused by the Mexicans of the Chinese or the Muslims. The reality is that we have caused our own problems. Whatever has happened has been caused by isolating ourselves or blaming others.”
“Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.”