The Quest not only begins in the heart but also ends there..

The source of wisdom and power, of love and beauty, is within ourselves, but not within our egos. It is within our consciousness. Indeed, its presenc….

Whoever lives in the spirit lives in perennial peace. It is a happy peace, a smiling peace, but one is not lost in it. One is aware also of the suffe….

All methods and techniques - and of course all human beings who propound them - are merely instruments to help the student obtain a methodless, techn….

The succession of thoughts appears in time, but the gap between two of them is outside time. The gap itself is normally unobserved. The chance of enl….

Although the pure truth has never been stated, nevertheless it has never been lost. Its existence does not depend upon human statement but upon human….

It is a grave misconception to regard the mystical progress as passing mostly through ecstasies and raptures. On the contrary, it passes just as much….

Outwardly one's life may suffer every kind of limitation, from bodily paralysis to miserable surroundings, but inwardly it is free in meditation to r….

When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one..

God needs no worship, no praise, no thanksgiving. It is man himself who needs the benefit to be derived from these activities..

Now an extraordinary and helpful fact is that by making Mind the object of our attention, not only does the serenity which is its nature begin to wel….

Peace is a costly privilege-to be fought for, attained and won. It comes only from a conquered mind..

Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirror, must stop the little ego'….

Living in the present moment means living according to truth and principle (but not according to hard rigid dogma) flexibly applied in the particular….

Accept the long night patiently, quietly, humbly, and resignedly as intended for your true good. It is not a punishment for sin committed but an inst….

Appetite has really become an artificial and abnormal thing, having taken the place of true hunger, which alone is natural. The one is a sign of bond….

While the mind remains so fixed in its own personal affairs, be they little or large, it has no chance to open up its higher levels. When attention a….

Find the god in your own heart and you will understand by direct intuition what all the great teachers, real mystics, true philosophers and inspired ….

If you investigate the matter deeply enough and widely enough, you will find that happiness eludes nearly all men despite the fact that they are fore….

This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It is a necessity, because it tries to provide th….

You may accept the inevitable with bitterness and resentment or with patience and grace. Mere acceptance is not sufficient..