Love is not reasonable. If we could assign it to the reasonable world, it would not be useful.

Wisdom is to see the difference between nirvana and this world, this self-reflection that the mind creates.

You're a refraction of the one light. You're a waveform of light. You're a fractal, a pattern that continuously changes.

You get to the point where you have to wash the dishes. That's the fun in life. Being behind the scenes and doing things for others; being an instrument of that cause. That is the secret teaching.

I respect self-giving and I've tried to lead my life with that as the ideal. But real self-giving is when we take our being, that which is most precious to us, and we throw it into eternity with a total sense of offering.

Buddhism doesn't come from anybody. It exists by itself.

Emotional control is essential for attaining higher levels of mind. The thing that the teacher looks for in a student is the degree of self-control, not coldness that someone has.