Don't give - give up!

In the spiritual search doubt is beneficial, a closed mind is not. Doubt used wisely assists enlightenment; a closed mind assists ignorance.

The world is your oyster. Yes, but in that oyster is the pearl; and to get to the pearl one has to first discard the shell and the flesh.

There are no successes and failures in life, only achievements - stepping stones.

My Body, My Soul and I. My body is mine, but my body is not me, My body is an expression of my soul. My soul is mine, but my soul is not me, My soul is an expression of me - for I am.

The purpose of human life is the dissolution of the soul and the revelation of the Spirit.

If we cut open the bud of a beautiful rose in order to see how it is 'packed' and what it is going to look like, what sort of a bloom will we get?

The mind is acquired "human nature". The conscience is inherent "spiritual nature".

As the mind shrinks at the will of the initiate, thought flows in to fill the spaces so created.

To have knowledge and to know are two different things, and one is possible without the other.

Mind is the Soul speaking and Conscience is the Spirit speaking.

Am I an old man who changed into a butterfly, or a butterfly who thinks he was once an old man?

Life is not about significant details, illuminated a flash, fixed forever.Photographs are.

Through the shake of an earthquake I will never fall. That’s how strong my love is.

If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago.

What you think you become.

The goal of spiritual life is not altered states, but altered traits

You've got to say you are a step ahead of where you actually are to move to the step that you want to be at.

When people talk about my business, my life, I'm really private. Maybe someone thinks I'm arrogant or something, but it's just me.

A moment comes when "other" is no longer other.

Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us?