I’ve always been just me, but I was the last to know that it was all right.

All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.

The reason I love rules and plans and religions is that people feel safe in them for a while. And, personally, I don’t have any rules. I don’t need them. There’s a sense of order...

A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts, but our attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without inquiring. A belief is...

The teacher you need is the person you’re living with.

The only way I can be angry at you is when I have thought, said, or done something that is unkind in my own opinion.

It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine

Peace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.

The world is your perception of it. Inside and outside always match – they’re reflections of each other. The world is a mirror image of your mind.

I am a lover of what is, not because I’m a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.

Since the beginning of time, people have been trying to change the world so that they can be happy. This hasn’t ever worked, because it approaches the problem backward. What The Work gives us is...

out there”—as long as you think that anyone or anything is responsible for your suffering—the situation is hopeless. It means that you are forever in the role of victim, that you’re suffering in paradise.

If you put your hand into a fire, does anyone have to tell you to move it? Do you have to decide? No: When your hand starts to burn, it moves. You don’t have to...