Consider your own place in the universal oneness of which we are all a part, from which we all arise, and to which we all return.

Pilgrimages of mind or walking meditation - bringing moments of illumination in which the sense of relationship to the rest of existence suddenly stands out with startling and unexpected clarity.

Even the most mundane objects are things of wonder, if we stop to look at them, and the fact that we are alive is the biggest wonder of all.

All the great spiritual traditions have placed major emphasis upon meditation as a path to personal growth.

The mind is still there even when thoughts are not.

Through the experience of meditation itself, the meditator becomes conscious that the practice of meditation is an end in itself rather than a means towards an end.

Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?

A nationalist will blindly follow his country to his death out of love for it. A patriot will stand up for and even against his country to his death out of love for it.

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One should be ever booted and spurred and ready to depart.

Every move a sloth makes is with purpose, which is more than most of us can say about 90% of the time.

Hope you don't think this is Billy Joel unplugged. I'm a piano player. I'm already unplugged.

To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.

The only thing that helps you win the game is preparation and getting your mind ready to go to battle. That's what you've got to do.

The transformation scene, where man is becoming insect and insect has become at least man and beyond that - a flying, godlike, shimmering, diaphanous, beautiful creature.

There is purpose and worth to each and every life.