My head is bursting with the joy of the unknown. My heart is expanding a thousand fold.

Fasting is the first principle of medicine; fast and see the strength of the spirit reveal itself.

Whoever acts with respect will get respect.

Do thou smile like the rose at loss and gain; For the rose, though its petals be torn asunder, Still smiles on, and it is never cast down.

The body's a mirror of heaven: Its energies make angels jealous. Our purity astounds seraphim. Devils shiver at our nerve.

I am so small I can hardly be seen. How can this great love be inside me? Look at your eyes. They are small, but they see enormous things.

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again.