Preventing the new generation from changing in any deep way is what most societies require of their educators.

Everything was God, holy; as God is total, so the driftwood branch was holy. This must be the stuff religion is made of.

How do you best move toward mastery? To put it simply, you practice diligently, but you practice primarily for the sake of the practice itself.

At the heart of each of us, whatever our imperfections, there exists a silence pulse of perfect rhythm which is absolutely individual and unique, and yet which connects us to everything else.

Perhaps we'll never know how far the path can go, how much a human being can truly achieve, until we realize that the ultimate reward is not a gold medal but the path itself.

If you intend to take the journey of mastery, the best thing you can do is to arrange for first-rate instruction.

To love the plateau is to love what is most essential and enduring in your life.