The shortest distance between two points is your mind. It's not a straight line.
Happiness is the most elusive thing for human beings to find.
Turn your life into a field of power and energy to draw from.
Examine everything that you've been taught, not simply what you've been taught in school, but the images that have been held up to you since the time of your birth.
Begin to see that life is very, very complex. It is made up of thousands of dimensions of wonder.
I think one can advance faster outside a monastery if you use the experiences of daily life to advance yourself.