There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live! There is no substitute read more

There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live! There is no substitute for an all-out, over-the-ramparts, howling charge against life. That's living. Living does not consist of sitting in a temple in the shadows and getting rheumatism from the cold stones. Living is hot, it's fast, it's often brutal! It has a terrific gamut of emotional reactions. If you are really willing to live, you first have to be willing to do anything that consists of living. Weird. But it's one of those awfully true things that you wonder why one has to say it. And yet it has to be said.

Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light.

Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light.

Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof -- that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation- guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas read more

Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof -- that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation- guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas dilute their Nirvana with equal parts of love and work.

He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to read more

He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.

Your treasure house is within; it contains all you'll ever need.

Your treasure house is within; it contains all you'll ever need.

The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.

The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.

In the faces of men and women I see God.

In the faces of men and women I see God.

There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything read more

There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything they touch. It is first of all a physical quality; then it is a quality of the spirit.

All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am read more

All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.