“You are the best friend you will ever have. In the presence of your true self you will become the most peaceful, the most relaxed, the most natural person possible.”

The opposite is also true – the whole world could disapprove of you, but if you love yourself, you would not even notice.

No one who is being himself is going to be approved of all the time.

The whole world could love you, but if you do not love yourself, you would not even notice.

Love is an undulating energy that moves through you, within you, and radiates out of you, and changes everything.

Human beings and the environment compose a seamless garment of existence, a multicolored cloth, which we believe to be woven in its entirety by God.

Accept yourself within you and the entire world becomes totally acceptable.

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.

There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.

If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive?

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you’ll always find despair.

What is new is not bisexuality, but rather the widening of our awareness and acceptance of human capacities for sexual love.

Some sort of greater awareness of their own finiteness and what their time on earth really is, and what they really want to do with their lives, could help improve them.

Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life.

The first element of change is awareness. You can’t change something unless you know it exists.