"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."

— Gloria Steinem

"You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living."

— Anaïs Nin

"Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed."

— Amit Ray

"The best dreams happen when you're awake."

— Cherie Gilderbloom

"When you actively notice new things, that puts you in the present."

— Ellen J. Langer

"The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master."

— Robin Sharma

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."

— Anaïs Nin

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."

— Ram Dass

"What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open."

— Jose Manuel Barroso

"The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not 'the thinker.' The moment you start watching the thinker, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated."

— Eckhart Tolle

"The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness."

— Lao Tzu

"Enlightenment is not imagining figures of light but making the darkness conscious."

— Amit Ray

"Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it."

— Sharon Salzberg

"The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there."

— Annie Dillard