God does not care what good you did, but why you did it. He does not grade the fruit but probes the core and tests the root.

If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally.

God is a pure no-thing, concealed in now and here; the less you reach for him, the more he will appear.

A rose is but a rose, it blooms because it blooms; it thinks not of itself, nor asks if it is seen.

Don't think that some tomorrow you'll see God's Light. You see it now or err in darkest night.

Nothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word - heed well! - this mine and thine.

A monk asks:Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?The master answers:Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature.