“You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.”

One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.

Society is our extended mind and body.

Genuine love comes from knowledge, not from a sense of duty or guilt.

Jesus was not the man he was as a result of making Jesus Christ his personal savior.

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

The present is always changing the past.

The menu is not the meal.

Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

You’re under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.

If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world.

In reality there are no separate events. Life moves along like water, it’s all connected to the source of the river is connected to the mouth and the ocean.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

If one were to live for endless ages, to live for the future would be to miss the point everlastingly.

Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.

The relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.

What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.

The family exists for many reasons, but its most basic function may be to draw together after a member dies.

The prime function of the children’s book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it.

Every couple has ups and downs, every couple argues, and that’s the thing, you’re a couple, and couples can’t function without trust.

The function of freedom is to free someone else.

The function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.

All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.