Spiritual Teacher Quotes

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

“You must dare to do the thing you think cannot be done... as this is the only way to discover that there's nothing you can't do.”

“Once you know what it means to choose in favor of yourself, there is no power in the universe that can make you choose against yourself.”

“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 Only Power You Need to Be Free of Troublesome PeopleSince what other people do to you is not in your power to change, you need only concern yourself with what you do to yourself, for that is in your power”

“In spite of how things may appear to us, we are never trapped by where we are. The trap is always who we are”

“Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life, its purpose for being in existence is no longer the same. The leaf that captures a stream of sunlight, and then transfers its energy to the tree, serves one purpose in the spring and summer, and another completely different one through the fall and winter.”

“Far better is it for you to go through one small thing that frightens you than to make a thousand plans for an imagined fearless day to come.”

“Each moment of life is only as precious as is our ability to attend to it.”

“Life can only be as new as you Choose to be.”

“What world is there for us where our essential nature - and its right to live free - is one and the same?”

“The vast majority of our troubles and heartaches would simply vanish from view if only we could remember - before we act - that we are made victims mostly by our own tendencies.”

“Within us - the heart of us, really - is a 'ground' that is to our thoughts and feelings, our relationships with others and ourselves, as is the Earth to the leaves that first race across her and then, no longer able to run, give themselves up to nourish her body so that she may give birth again come the spring.”

“Those who dare to try what others only dream of - never fail to discover that real effort is always rewarded.”

“Until you can love what the truth would teach you about yourself... then your love is incomplete.”

“Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.”

“True happiness isn't something that can be made. It isn't the result of anything. Happiness comes to those who understand that you can't seek it any more than you seek the air you breathe. It is a part of life to be found within living. ... All pursuit of happiness is based upon the false assumption that there is a way to possess it; you may as well try to grab a handful of breeze! Happiness is the natural expression of a stress-free life, just as sunlight naturally warms the Earth after dark clouds appear.”

“Much like the hands of a clock go nowhere fast, anxious thoughts run us round-and-round without taking us anywhere!”

“If we only knew how many times our seemingly clever comment cut straight into the heart of the person with whom we have just spoken, it is we who would bleed.”

“The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you; and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again!”

“If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.”

“What is true never fears investigation; what is false... fears everything.”

“Statistics vary, but in less than seven years there won't be a single cell left in any of our bodies that's the same as it is today. This means that any human being who 'wants' to change is like a mountain river wanting to reach the valley floor. It's a done deal; that's what mountain rivers do, and 'changing' should be our first nature.”

“I am willing to walk toward, and then through, whatever may be seen in the moment as being greater than myself.”

“Only you can choose the nature of what grows, or what doesn't, within you.”