The harder we try to catch hold of the moment, to seize a pleasant sensation..., the more elusive it becomes... It is like trying to clutch water in one's hands - the harder one grips, the faster it slips through one's fingers.

For the perfect accomplishment of any art, you must get this feeling of the eternal present into your bones - for it is the secret of proper timing. No rush. No dawdle. Just the sense of flowing with the course of events in the same way that you dance to music, neither trying to outpace it nor lagging behind. Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.

Any systems approaching perfect self-control also approaches perfect self-frustration.

Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol.

And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords

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

By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity we open ourselves up to an infinite stream of possibility. We can let fear rule our lives or we can become childlike with curiosity, pushing our boundaries, leaping out of our comfort zones, and accepting what life puts before us.