“Why should you go on living? What is the purpose of life? Is there another kind of life after death? Is your fear of death real or imaginary?"

“A divine being that is all-knowing, all-good, and all-powerful would not write a book. And if God wrote a book, then God is not a god.”

“You don’t know what you want because your desires are fleeting and impermanent. Forcing your life to fit your desires is like forcing your head to fit your hat. You will only hurt yourself.”

“If you don’t know why you need it and you just want more of what can’t make you happy and what you already have enough of, then perhaps you don’t really want it.”

“Life’s most precious possessions are not found by striving, but by waiting. Waiting gives space to the unexpected that it needs to happen.”

“Yes, 2 plus 2 can only equal 4. But not only 2 plus 2 can equal 4, just as there is more than one right way to happiness. Start by not looking for it.”

“You are at war with yourself. Your personality is home to two warring egos, one is evil and imprisoned in the shadows, and the other is good and free in the light. Inside sanity is madness.”

“Life’s most precious gifts are not found by searching and struggling, but by waiting. Surfers don’t make waves. They just wait, and the waves come to them.”

“Why is fast good and slow bad? Why is new good and old bad? Why is forward good and backward bad? Why is tomorrow good and yesterday bad?”

“Are you afraid of who you really are? Do you fear life? Do you fear death? Are you afraid of being afraid? Fear not!”