Think about a piece of music - some great symphony - we don't expect it to get better as it develops, or that its whole purpose is to reach the final crescendo. The joy is found in listening to the music in each moment.

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.

This-the immediate, everyday, and present experience-is IT, the entire and ultimate point for the existence of a universe.

Billions of years ago, you were a big bang, but now you're a complicated human being. And then we cut ourselves off, and don't feel that we're still the big bang. But you are.

As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.

There is a deep, peaceful calm in the dawning of a new day.

Thought is a means of concealing Truth.