Contrary to some of our great myths, the universe was not created once upon a time, but rather is constantly being created and re-created.

Healing your own heart is the single most powerful thing you can do to change the world. Your own transformation will enable you to withdraw so completely from evil that you contribute to it by not one word, one thought, or one breath. This healing process is like recovering your soul.

Awareness is all about restoring your freedom to choose what you want instead of what your past imposes on you.

Tradition makes people want to cling to their identity. Change is the enemy.

But it is your self that must constantly be transforming. You cannot bring the same stale self to the world and expect the world to be new for you.

In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.

Uncertainty, on the other hand, is the fertile ground of pure creativity and freedom. Uncertainty means stepping into the unknown in every moment of our existence. The unknown is the field of all possibilities, ever fresh, ever new, always open to the creation of new manifestations. Without uncertainty and the unknown, life is just the stale repetition of outworn memories. You become the victim of the past, and your tormentor today is your self left over from yesterday.

As this life evaporated before his eyes, Siddhartha felt a shiver, as if someone had ripped off his winter coat and left him naked in the cold. But he wasn't naked, and far from dead. Instead of the mask of images and memories, surrounding him on every side was something pure and free: life itself. He couldn't remember who he was. There was nothing left of his fears and dreams, nothing to do, nothing to want. He was simply alive, the breath of the breath, the eye of the eye.

You cannot be happy if your primary identity is that of a victim, even if you really are one.

I am no longer what I was. I will remain what I have become.

No matter where you are in your leadership journey, never forget that what got you to where you are won't get you to the next level.

Leaders are all about what isn't and what-needs-to-be be.