You will begin to realize that if you contemplate long enough on the leaf of the flower, that it involves the whole universe.

Buddha's doctrine: Man suffers because of his craving to possess and keep forever things which are essentially impermanent...this frustration of the desire to possess is the immediate cause of suffering.

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.

Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.

How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes, such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than a god.

What would you do if money was no object?

The Greek word for sinning means to ‘miss the point;’ The point is eternal life which is here and now.