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.

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.

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.

The missing link between humans and apes? It's certainly those brutes who haven't yet learned to respect privacy.

Fear, like love, is difficult to explain after it has subsided, probably because it draws away the veils of illusion as it disappears.

This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.

Some words live in my throat breeding like adders. Others know sun seeking like gypsies over my tongue to explode through my lips

Master books, but do not let them master you.

Abandon desire for this world, and God will love you. Abandon desire for others’ goods, and people will love you.

Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you

You should try to do something if you think you can see your way clear.

As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a great film, you need a good director and you need a good cinematographer.

Changes don't happen in the world by playing it safe, taking risks is the way to change the world.