The most difficult in the world must be easy in its beginning.

Although most people spend their entire lives following this biological impulse (i.e. the sex drive), it is only a tiny portion of our beings. . . . If we remain obsessed with seeds and eggs, we are married to the fertile reproductive valley of the Mysterious Mother but not to her immeasurable heart and all-knowing mind.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.

Those who praise themselves do not prevail.

Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called stillness: Stillness is called return to life, return to life is called the constant; knowing the constant is called enlightenment.