we must continue to be open in the face of great opposition. No one is encouraging us to be open and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.

A great deal of chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves. Having never developed sympathy or gentleness toward themselves, they cannot experience harmony or peace within themselves, and therefore, what they project to others is also inharmonious and confused.

As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.

If kindness doesn't work, try more kindness.

Warriorship is so tender, without skin, without tissue, naked and raw. It is soft and gentle. You have renounced putting on a new suit of armor. You have renounced growing a thick, hard skin. You are willing to expose naked flesh, bone and marrow to the world.

Magic is the total delight (appreciation) of chance

For the very reason that we expect things to be good and beautiful, they won't be. In genuine spirituality, we don't look for bliss.