"What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone."
"Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not."
"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have."
"Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die"--- and find that there is no death."
"The past has no power over the present moment."
"The past has no power over the present moment."