You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

Parts exist only for purposes of figuring and describing, and as we figure the world out we become confused if we do not remember this all the time.

We know that from time to time there arise among human beings people who seem to exude love as naturally as the sun gives out heat.

To feel that life is meaningless unless “I” can be permanent is like having fallen desperately in love with an inch.

What is the next step, the practical application? —I will answer that the absolutely vital thing is to consolidate your understanding, to become capable of enjoyment, of living in the present, and of the discipline which this involves. Without this you have nothing to give.

The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive.

Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to love himself.