"Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that life he is seeking is within him."

-- Kahlil Gibran

"All that you need is already in you."

--Madhava Ashish

"You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself."

-- Galileo

"By looking outside ourselves for what is missing we subject ourselves, our souls, to the pain of abandonment."

-- A.H. Almaas 

"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't."

-- Erica Jong

"Admire Jesus' compassion or the Buddha's wisdom all you want, but what good can their qualities do until you find them in yourself."

-- Byron Katie

It so rarely occurs to us that what we are looking for may be -- indeed always is -- already within us, simply undiscovered."

-- Toinette Lippe