Whatever truth we feel compelled to withhold, no matter how unthinkable it is to imagine ourselves telling it, not to is a way of spiritually holding our breath. You can only do it for so long.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.

Even when clouds grow thick, the sun still pours its light earthward.

The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.

When we heal ourselves, we heal the world.

The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.

To journey without being changed, is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and to be transformed by the journeying is to be a pilgrim.

Tragedy stays alive by feeling what's been done to us, while peace comes alive by living with the results.

…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” (p.275)

Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom.

When two people are in love, they are parrallel lines. That intersect. Together but seperate. Infinity.

Control is the inner disease of those who need stability and order to function.

If you really want to be successful in the business, you have to make that your priority, above family and everything else. It takes up every minute of your life.

It was an especially wonderful time to be a noisy moron.

Seek His face and not His hand.

I want to be stereotyped. I want to be classified.

The man that put that hurt look in your eyes, could be worth everything, or nothing at all.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

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Very little about being a writer is signing an autograph. It's sitting in a room and writing. Getting it out.