Submit to a daily practice. Your loyalty to that is a ring at the door. Keep knocking, and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who's there.

Each moment contains a hundred messages from God.

Silence is the sea, and speech is like the river. The sea is seeking you: don't seek the river. Don't turn your head away from the signs offered by the sea.

Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give.

Love risks everything and asks for nothing.

Some nights stay up till dawn, as the moon sometimes does for the sun. Be a full bucket pulled up the dark way of a well, then lifted out into light.

Flattery's fire is hidden. Its sweet taste is apparent, but the smoke is bound to come out at last.