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

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

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.

…there are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.

Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of waltzing gaily out of the house in your underwear.

Poets sing our human music for us.

All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room.

The humans live in time but our Enemy (God) destines them for eternity.

If you ever meet someone who cannot understand why solitary confinement is considered punishment, you have met a misanthrope.

I will say, too, that lovemaking, if sincere, is one of the best ideas Satan put in the apple she gave to the serpent to give to Eve. The best idea in that apple, though, is making jazz.

Sitting tightens your chest. For a great release, lie faceup on a foam roller placed lengthwise under your spine, and stretch your arms out to your side.

I am singing now while Rome burns.

I don't ever expect to be permanently happy. I don't think that's part of the human condition.

I will do today that which is of today and pay no heed to the tomorrow; nor waste regrets on that which was yesterday.