But as long as you have some fixed idea or are caught by some habitual way of doing things, you cannot appreciate things in their true sense.

But to be constantly asking ‘What is the use of it?’ is unbecoming to those of broad vision and unworthy of free men.

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it

We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence.

You can't have anything worthwhile without difficulties.

I used to have more tolerance for these views, but I am losing patience with what I see. The test of anything is the fruit it bears. I see no good fruit being born.

It is not good to be too free.
It is not good to have all one needs. (Page 11)

"Trying to find permanence is impossible, and we ultimately learn that there is no safety in trying to "keep" everything. And there is no safety in trying to prevent loss."

Anything that leaves you more fearful, more isolated, more disconnected from other people, more full of judgment or self-hatred, is not of God, does not follow the Rule of Love — and you should stop doing it.

I tell you the truth, any object you have in your mind, however good, will be a barrier between you and the inmost Truth.

Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

I’m afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.

Never suppose that either the evil or the good that you do will remain secret, however strict may be your enclosure.