Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended.

Emptiness the starting point. — In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is useful? Because it is empty.

I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowled

We do not become. We simply are.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.