Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow.
Eknath EaswaranDo not feed your ego and your problems with your attention. ...Slowly, surely, the ego will lose weight, until one fine day it will be nothing but a thin ghost of its former self. You will be able to see right through it, to the divine presence that shines in each of us.
Eknath EaswaranAs we get deeper, we move closer and closer to other people; we feel closer to life as a whole.
Eknath EaswaranIt is not action or effort that we must surrender; it is self-will, and this is terribly difficult. You must do your best constantly, yet never allow yourself to become involved in whether things work out the way you want.
Eknath Easwaran