It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our understanding that preceded our victory.

Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature man than you can paint the air.

Men have the illusion of having a duty to make the world spin properly, which is precisely what makes it wobble.

Living in the now is freedom from all problems connected with time. You ought to remember that sentence, you ought to memorize it, and ought to take it out, you ought to practice it, you ought to apply it. And most of all, you ought to rejoice in it because you have just heard how not to be wretched, miserable you any more but to be a brand new, and forever brand new man or woman.

As incredible as it sounds, an unhappy man does not realize that happiness is better than unhappiness. Knowing only his own concealed anguish, he worships it, which is the same as self-worship.