From the moment you entered this world of existence, a ladder was put in front of you so you could escape.

I belong to no religion. My religion is love. Every heart is my temple.

Ways of worshipping are not to be ranked as better or worse than one another . . . It's all praise, and it's all right.

God picks up the reed-flute world and blows. Each note is a need coming through one of us, a passion, a longing pain. Remember the lips where the wind-breath originated, and let your note be clear. Don't try to end it. Be your note.

Knock, And He'll open the door Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.

I feel like the earth, astonished at fragrance borne in the air, made pregnant with mystery from a drop of rain.

When you go through a hard period, When everything seems to oppose you, ... When you feel you cannot even bear one more minute, NEVER GIVE UP! Because it is the time and place that the course will divert!