To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance.

The feeling of awe and sense of wonder arises from the recognition of the deep mystery that surrounds us everywhere, and this feeling deepens as our knowledge grows.

Surely it is the right wish that draws us to the right place. Nothing of importance happens accidentally in our life.

Our real nature is not our imaginary, limited ego. Our true nature is vast, all-comprehensive, and intangible as empty space.

Do not keep what you have selfishly bottled up; pour it out, share it with the world.

The forces which move the cosmos are not different from those which move the human soul.

Every individual has the potentiality to become enlightened in the course of this life or later existences

The greatest artist is one who expresses what is felt by everybody.

Religion without art is a dead system of dogmas which have no effect on life.

The faculty of continual transformation... is a profound expression of the dynamic character of the mind

The wonders of a journey consist far more of such intangible experiences and unexpected situations than of factual things and events of material reality.

The key to liberation resides within our very own hands and heart.

Everybody was sorta going to sleep twards the end of 1983, and I felt that they had to be woken up!

The funnel of my family’s salvation must continue narrowing towards the gallows. That journey cannot begin at the parted tips of another woman’s toes

We die well when we die with purpose fulfilled".~R. Alan Woods [2012]

The stems stood tall and straight, one series arranged in a single line, the other in a crudely shaped heart, the final one in the shape of the letter U. I love you.

If you would be powerful pretend to be powerful.

Biggest affirmative argument I know in favor of 'If a man die, shall he live again?' is just the way you feel inside you that nothin' can stop you from livin' on.

But the very act of pausing in a busy day to pray is an act of weakening pride in my life, acknowledging that I am a dependent creature. I am not self sufficient.

Usually there's no specific reason for loneliness - it's a broad feeling.

None but mothers know each other's feelings when we give up our daughters whom we love and cherish so tenderly to the mercies of a man, and perhaps even a stranger.