Part of the blessing and challenge of being human is that we must discover our own true nature.

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.

Are you living your dream or someone’s dream?

She's right. We would compose poems about love and tell stories that have been heard in some form before. But it would be our first time feeling and telling.

As you step out of your comfort zone, may life embrace you back.

Nothing is so infectious as example.

Aristocracy has three successive ages. First superiority s, then privileges and finally vanities. Having passed from the first, it degenerates in the second and dies in the third.

Whatever happened to him?" Silk asked. "He went swimming in the Nedrane." "I didn't know that Thulls swam all that well." "They don't–particularly not with large rocks tied to their feet.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years.

I didn't see any furry little James Bonds.

In fact, if we cut 50 percent of the liver out, it'll be back in two weeks.