If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.

We see what we believe rather than what we see.

Sexual love is a troubled and problematic relationship in cultures where there is a strong sense of man's separation from nature, especially when the realm of nature is felt to be inferior or contaminated with evil.

However much I may be impressed by the difference between a star and the dark space around it, I must not forget that I can see the two only in relation to each other, and that this relation is inseparable.

There is an ineffable mystery that underlies ourselves and the world. It is the darkness from which the light shines. When you recognize the integrity of the universe and that death is as certain as birth, then you can relax and accept that this is the way it is. There is nothing else to do.

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.

The biggest ego trip is getting rid of your ego, and of course the joke of it all is that your ego does not exist.