Art Hochberg Quotes

Breaking paradigms is scary. Not breaking them is even scarier. Life is scary, but mostly we scare ourselves.***

Everything comes from nowhere. Where is nowhere? An, that's the mystery of our lives.

The unexpected things in life are often the most interesting and can impact us greatly.

Original sin - the big lie.

Prayer is the time you spend alone with God.

We're making this movie up as we go along. And we don't know how it ends or even if it does end.

Some people think and say that we came here to suffer. Hmmmmmmm. I don't think so.

Patience is always indicated - especially if you're in a hurry.

Really, when you think about it, how can God speak through everybody? Hmmmmmm.

Deep down everyone is really good. It's just that sometimes people forget that they are that good.

Who made up all these rules anyway? If you think God's got rules, then you need another view of God.

Once you individuate from the Guru, you're on your own Guru journey.

This is a never-ending story we're involved in. We're just part of the acting crew.

Receiving love is great. Giving love is even better.

Listen, ultimately we have to let go of all attachments - I mean all attachments.

The more we cling to the known, the more fearful we are of the unknown.

It may seem that we have multiple realities - because we're capable of playing many different roles in our life.

Every day, each day is the most important day of your life.

Did you ever watch a smoke ring and how it appears? That's like our thoughts. They disappear in the same way.

This movie we're in is unpredictable at any time.

So how do we do this trip, knowing it's all an illusion? How do we do that? We can't do that. We can only hang on for the ride.

Just be careful that your determination doesn't turn into your fanaticism.

Relaxing is hard to do at times. Worrying and agitation are even harder on the body and mind.

We've come here to totally individualize, and yet, we're totally connected to everyone else. How does that work?

We might have the most beautiful words and thoughts - but it's actions that count.

Worry has everything to do with lack of faith, and lack of faith has a lot to do with not believing in yourself as much as you believe in others.

Love is strange. It comes in different forms. All of them are from the same root, and that's how your love grows - from that root.

God doesn't punish you - period!

Why think about tomorrow today, when you don't even know if there will be a tomorrow, or if there is, if you'll be there tomorrow?

It's hard to trust our own decisions, but we have no options. We have to do that in order to be all right with ourselves.

Sometimes it's best to keep things to yourself - if you know what I mean. That's wisdom.

Dying is simply showing up for your time of departure - from this realm.

The best way to do something is to do it without thought. That's real concentration.

Childhood can be a scary experience, depending on who is doing the caring and how daring the caring.

There are no coming attractions. It's all here right now. The whole thing is being created right now.

The funny thing about prayers is you can absolutely make up your own if you want to.

Don't play the reels of your life backwards - play them forward.

Limit your day to what you feel comfortable with doing - put the rest on the shelf - for further consideration down the line.

If we want less and less, we may in fact receive more and more of what we need. It may work like that.

Don't take pride to prayer. Take prayer to pride and eliminate it. It's not a good friend, actually.

Unless you admit it to yourself, that you don't know what is going on, will you experience what is going on. The ultimate paradox of life.

There's always less to do than you think. If there's more to do than you think, then do that also.

What the world considers valuable is often not as valuable as what the world considers not valuable.

Time does not pass - only events pass. Where do they go? Hmmmmmmm.

Don't carry the world around or your history around like a burden. In fact, don't carry it around at all. One step at a time.

When you really merge with someone, it's not that you merge with them, you're merging with love.

Babies are the latest dispatch from the Creator of everything.

Sometimes it seems that we initiate a scene and sometimes it seems that we're just taking part in the scene. Actually, we're initiating them all.

You don't always have to say what's on your mind. You can keep it to yourself for the time being. That's called patience.

Join up the different aspects of yourself - sort of like a team.

There are many ways to scare people. Religion seems to be the best of these.

Things seem one way, and then another way - you gotta get used to it.

Just tell yourself you're good. That'll take care of any idea that you have about not being good enough.

Be your own independent film channel.

Sometimes the best way to really love someone is to leave them alone.

Love everyone. Why not? Give it a try.

Listen, you're not doing God any favors by praying. You're doing yourself a favor.

Own your own story and then disown it. See how that feels.

A wife can give you strife. A wife can act like a knife, and a wife can help you have a good life. And the same goes for husbands.

Improve on the Guru. Don't get stuck on the Guru.

If there's a vote taken as to which aspect of God I treasure the most, I'd say laughing.

It's not the job of the child to make the parent happy. It's the job of the parent to take care of their own happiness.

Some people say, "I only want to do God's work." How do you know what God's work is??

The idea is to get your life to where it is doable, manageable, and somewhat in order.

If you plan on becoming sick then guess what - you may get sick. If you don't plan on being sick you might get sick, but you won't feel victimized.

The thing is to live fully, all the time knowing that it could be your last breath. That takes some powerful faith.

When you get to a point where there's absolutely nothing you can count on in this world, you're home free.

Everyone and everything comes into our life at exactly the right time.

Did you ever leave a scene and wonder, "What was that all about?

Everyone's story is just their story. It may have little to do with you, or nothing to do with you.

Picture yourself sitting in the middle of a junkyard, and there is light all around you. That's a good one.

Why would we want to take on anyone else'take on reality when we have our own?

Worrying about tomorrow, today? Hmmmmmm. Why?

You know you can be as sweet as you want, or as tough as you want, or both at the same time.

You know when you're by yourself you can say the most outrageous things. No one is listening.

Certainty often hides fear.

What a trip life is.

How do you learn not to take things so seriously? Don't take them.

The world is a university.

Be like a detective. See what's going on around you.

Isn't it amazing how you can actually remember things? Where are they when you're not remembering them?

Things can change fast if we are alert, or things can change slowly if we are even more alert.

You never know what you're going to learn about a situation beforehand. Humility is a powerful tool on the path to greater humility.

The only thing we really have to give to people is our love.

You know, you're never going to be late for a scene - the scene you're designed to be in.

Every once in awhile, give yourself a real compliment. What the hell, why not.

You have to admit that this is a very strange life. If you don't admit it, then you have a very high threshold for strangeness, and more power to you.

Happiness is a tricky business. It may not have as much to do with doing as it has to do with not doing.

Why wouldn't there be divine humor? That's what the religions sometimes forget.

What happens when you run out of patience? Just exert a little bit more. Keep stretching it.

To help a friend is really good. To help yourself is also really good. To help a stranger is the very best.

The less you think you know, the more will be known. It's amazing what you can know when you let go of being the knower.

Really, really there is no dying for us. Remember?

The best you can do is to take care of your life. No one is going to do it for you.

Be fearless. What the hell, why not. You have nothing to lose except fear, which isn't yours anyway.

God gives you an infinite amount of time.

Give any idea time to sink in. If it sinks let it go. If it rises to the surface, go with it.

Accepting the rule that others want us to play is fine, as long as we're fine with it.

I mean when you really, really, really think about it, the whole trip is really, really unbelievable.

How does it work? I have no idea. It may have something to do with trusting the process of your life totally.