The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.

All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.

A person is not earth, not water, Not fire, not wind, not space, Not consciousness, and not all of them. What person is there other than these?

Someone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.

The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.

Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts

That which arises dependent on something is not in the least that thing, neither is it different from it. Therefore, it is neither permanent or nothing.

Ultimate serenity is the coming to rest of all ways of taking things, the repose of named things; no truth has been taught by a Buddha for anyone, anywhere.

There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

Blessed are you when you commit your life to the Lord.Your life will overflow with great joy and abundant life.

Please Tommy. Please.

As Ibn Arabi says: ‘Absolute existence is the source of all existence’.

There were moments of despondency when Shakespeare thought himself no poet, and Raphael no painter; when the greatest wits have doubted the excellence of their happiest efforts.

Popular culture is inescapable in the U.S. Why not use it?

People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?

I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.

Take one step to the side and it's all absurd.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. For the least sin, it wouldn't take us longTo get so we had no one left to live with.For to be social is to be forgiving.

In a very real sense, all we need to know is that God knows all.