We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office.

Love alone is not enough. Without imagination, love stales into sentiment, duty, boredom. Relationships fail not because we have stopped loving but because we first stopped imagining.

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being in office, holding office.

Too often in the west we fail to realize that even in eastern disciplines the spiritual life is not meant as an escape from the worldly life. There is karma to be fulfilled on earth, within the dharma of necessity.

We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, "What's wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up?"

Loss means losing what was. We want to change but we don't want to lose. Without time for loss, we don't have time for soul.

Fear is a huge thing for older people.