I often say, "If I had a prayer, it would be: 'God spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen."'

We're all waiting until we get the body perfect to be peaceful. Can we just do it from here, now?

I love to say that when you finally get your body totally healthy, it may get hit by a truck. So can we be happy right here, not tomorrow, not in ten minutes-can we be happy right now? I use the word happy to mean in a natural state of peace and clarity, and that's what The Work gives us.

There's no suffering in the world; there's only an uninvestigated story that leads you to believe it. There's no suffering in the world that's real. Isn't that amazing!

if you are here fully, here contains everything you ever wanted. It's very sweet, because here is where you always are.

When you're mentally out of your business, you experience immediate separation, loneliness, and fear. If you're lonely or sad, you may ask yourself, "Whose business am I in mentally?" Just to notice that you're in someone else's business can bring youback to your wonderful self. What a sweet place to be. Home.

If you say one single thing that I have the urge to defend, that thing is the very pearl waiting inside me to be discovered.

This is as good as it gets. It appears as this now. Perfect. Flawless. And to argue with that is to experience the lie. The Work can give you thiswonderful awareness: the awareness of the lie and the power of truth. The beauty of what really is.

nothing less than an open mind is creative enough to free you from the pain of arguing with what is. An open mind is the only way to peace. As long as you think that you know what should and shouldn't happen, you're trying to manipulate God. This is a recipe for unhappiness.