All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.

Muddy water will become clear if allowed to stand undisturbed, and so too will the mind become clear if it is allowed to be still.

Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response.

Self-discipline leads to higher spiritual states only if practiced with under- standing. The clearer the goal, the greater the result.

We need faith, not because there are beings who will punish us or reward us, but because gods are a wonderful way of describing things that are happening to us.

You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things.

A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards it, by reaching out to the sun, the tree perfects its character and becomes great. ... Absorb, absorb, absorb. That is the secret of the tree.