The men of God are like fishes in the ocean; they pop up into view on the surface here and there and everywhere, as they please.

Nightingales are put in cages because their songs give pleasure. Whoever heard of keeping a crow?

This silence, this moment, every moment, if it's genuinely inside you, brings what you need. There's nothing to believe. Only when I stopped believing in myself did I come into this beauty. Sit quietly, and listen for a voice that will say, 'Be more silent.' Die and be quiet. Quietness is the surest sign that you've died. Your old life was a frantic running from silence. Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence.

Indeed envy is a defect; worse than any other.

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.

Most people guard against going into the fire, and so end up in it.

Give yourself a kiss. If you want to hold the beautiful one, hold yourself.