Only silence can really wake you up.

Sunnydreams

Wanting nothing with all your heart, stop the stream

When the world dissolves everything becomes clear.

Go beyond this way or that way,

To the farther shore where the world dissolves,

And everything becomes clear.

Beyond this shore and the farther shore,

Beyond the beyond,

Where there is no beginning, no end,

Without fear, go. 

Buddha in the Dhammapada

Do you want to be happy,

Really happy?

Then just think

Of your outer life less,

A little less,

And live more,

A little more,

In your inner life.

Sri Chinmoy

Your thoughts are a veil on the face of the Moon.

That Moon is your heart, and those thoughts cover your heart.

So let them go, just let them fall into the water. 

 Rumi

An ancient master said, "The mountains, the rivers, the whole earth, the entire array of phenomena are all oneself."

If you can absorb the essence of this message, there are no activities outside of meditation: you dress in meditation and eat in meditation; you walk, stand, sit, and lie down in meditation; you perceive and cognize in meditation; you experience joy, anger, sadness, and happiness in meditation. 

Muso

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.

Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

Ben Okri