Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

In and through community lies the salvation of the world.

If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or spiritual evolution.

Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them.

The only real security in life lies in relishing life's insecurity.

Discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life’s problems. Without discipline we can solve nothing. With only some discipline we can solve only some problems. With total discipline we can solve all problems.

When we cling, often forever, to our old patterns of thinking and behaving, we fall to negotiate any crisis, to truly grow up, and to experience the joyful sense of rebirth that accompanies the successful transition into greater maturity.