"To fashion stars out of dog dung, that is the Great Work. To take a negative experience and, by comparing it to something worse, make it feel good, is the great skill."
Alexandra David-NeelLandscapes have a language of their own, expressing the soul of the things, lofty or humble, which constitute them, from the mighty peaks to the smallest of the tiny flowers hidden in the meadow's grass.
Alexandra David-NeelThere is nothing truly serious in life. All words sound hollow when one listens to them carefully.
Alexandra David-NeelWork cannot convey the almost voluptuous sweetness of the feelings experienced ... in solitude.
Alexandra David-Neel