“Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.”

“A genuine relationship is one that is not dominated by the ego with its image-making and self-seeking. In a genuine relationship, there is an outward flow of open, alert attention toward the other person in which there is no wanting whatsoever.”

“[Relationships] do not cause pain and unhappiness. They bring out the pain and unhappiness that is already in you.”

“When listening to another person, don’t just listen with your mind, listen with your whole body.”

“Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that’s the ego in you.”

“If you cannot be at ease with yourself when you are alone, you will seek a relationship to cover up your unease.”

“Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.”

“Your friends either go through this inner transformation with you or drift out of your life. Some relationships dissolve, others deepen.”

“How wonderful to go beyond wanting and fearing in your relationships. Love does not want or fear anything.”

“Whenever you interact with people, don’t be there primarily as a function or a role, but as a field of conscious Presence.”