“As the essence of courage is to stake one's life on a possibility, so the essence of faith is to believe the possibility exists.”

“Anything unnatural was not naturally believed. Faith, in essence, was unnatural.”

“The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.”

“There are two possible experiences of every moment: the moment as experienced by Essence and the moment experienced by the ego. The ego's experience of the moment is struggle, conflict, effort, dissatisfaction, restlessness, and unease. Essence's experience of it is freedom, happiness, peace, acceptance, contentment, and joy. Either experience is possible in any moment, depending on whether we are identified with the ego or with Essence.”

“The awakening is the purpose. The awakening of the fact that in essence we are light, we are love. Each cell of our body, each cell and molecule of everything. The power source that runs all life is light. So to awaken to that knowledge, and to desire to operate in that realm, and to believe that it is possible, are all factors that will put you there.”

“Existence is prior to essence.”