Freedom of speech is a great thing and we have said nothing that is not allowed.
We need faith, not because there are beings who will punish us or reward us, but because gods are a wonderful way of describing things that are happening to us.
We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are.
Build your life brick upon brick, Live a life of truth, And you will look back on a life of truth. Live a life of fantasy, And you will look back on delusion.
The sages say that life is illusion, but does that change its poignancy?
Knowing the steps to create living growth: that is art.
Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up.
The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.
Now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
When the heart is open and balanced, we enter into a state of attraction to what we need, because the power of love is magnetic and harmonious.
I mean, my dad's a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of his friends, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted to do.