Gods and goddesses are not what people think they are. Their names are terms with which we try to convey a certain experience, a state of consciousness.

I was drawn to be very solitary as a scholar. I lived a very quiet life, aloof, with my books, with my walks in nature, meditating, and of course with my teacher.

You see two people together. They're in a relationship. It's really power that holds those people together. And when the designs of power change, those people will separate and there's nothing they can do in the meantime about it.

Just because it doesn't work out for you, doesn't mean that it's not wonderful for someone else.

Winning begins at home. It begins with your thoughts and your actions.

I would encourage you to follow the pathway to enlightenment, to learn to meditate, to practice mindfulness, and not to really care what anybody thinks about you, including yourself.

Say, for example, you develop the ability to make parking meters disappear. It's probably easier to put a quarter in it. That would be the wisdom on the subject.