If I Could Define Enlightenment Briefly I

Accept The Fact That You'll Never Get It All Done, And Begin To Live More Fully In The Only Moment You Have ... Now.

The Measure Of Your Life Will Not Be In What You Accumulate, But In What You Give Away.

Knowing How To Swim Doesn't Come From Someone Else Showing You Or Someone Else Telling You Or Watching Movies Of Other People Swimming. It Comes From Having Been In The Water, Knowing How To Move Yourself Through The Water And Not Sink. And It's True Of Virtually Everything In Our Lives: Knowing Comes From Direct Experience.

With Empathy You Know In Your Heart That It's Not A Sign Of Weakness To Attempt To Understand That The People We Call Terrorists Have Placed The Same Label On Us, And That The Use Of Force Will Create A Counter Force, A Never-ending Saga Of Killing And Hate. Ending War Involves Cultivating Empathy In Our Policies And The Love Of God In Our Hearts. As The Native Americans Reminded Us: No Tree Has Branches So Foolish As To Fight Among Themselves.

Always Had The Thought I Could Attract Abundance. When I Wrote The Book Your Erroneous Zones Back In The '70s, I Absolutely Knew The Book Was Going To Do Well, But It Wasn't A Goal At All. I Just Went Out There And Started Doing Something I Really Loved.