"Being anxious, or in a painful rush..." - Quote by Guy Finley

“Every truth ever discovered -- each new light that will ever burn bright -- already exists in our consciousness. All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice -- the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows -- awaits us within ourselves. Hidden in this truth is our great promise, both as individuals and as a race of beings.”

“The past is as powerless to darken the present moment as is a shadow to reach up and drag down the form that casts it.”

“The real quality of our life is not determined by what we have won from it, but by what we have discovered within it.”

“I wanted to discuss the suffering of humanity in general, but perhaps we'd better confine ourselves to the sufferings of children.”

“I love everybody. My heart's open to everybody.”

“Ahimsa can be practiced only towards those that are inferior to you in every way.”

“The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.”

“People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.”

“I've seen many troubles in my time, only half of which ever came true.”