Just because we do not perceive something, it is not correct to say it does not exist.

We all exist as part of a wonderful stream of life.

I am a continuation like the rain is the continuation of the cloud.

Things cannot stay the same because they are influenced by everything else, everything that is not itself.

Emptiness is not the opposite of existence. It is not nothingness or annihilation.

Direct experience is the only way.

Nourish yourself every day with the wonderful things that life has to offer you. Nourish yourself in the present moment. Walk in the kingdom of God.

We can only accept teachings that we have put into practice with our own awakened understanding and that we can see with our own experience to be true.

The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite.

To wisely live your life, you don't need to know muchJust remember two main rules for the beginning:You better starve, than eat whateverAnd better be alone, than with whoever.

Always make your future bigger than your past.

When we relate with people, we indirectly relate with God

and, indeed, nature has so made us, that we all love to be flattered and to please ourselves with our own notions

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

We're highly social animals - I'm told by scientists that what makes us different from other animals is an acute social awareness, which is what has made us so successful.

I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.

Washington and New York, two primary targets for Al Qaeda.

We thought, you know, this will just be kind of low-key. And no one will ever know we're here, and we're tucked back in.

It’s all right if you grow your wings on the way down.