“A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there's work to be done.”

“There's much more in any given moment than we usually perceive, and that we ourselves are much more than we usually perceive. When you know that, part of you can stand outside the drama of your life.”

“When the heart is open, it's easier for the mind to be turned toward God.”

“If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.”

“I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn't create more suffering. I help people as a work on myself and I work on myself to help people.”

“You give up not meditating. It's called meditation action. There's no way out of it. Meditation means to be constantly extricating yourself from the clinging of mind.”

“Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.”