The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all
darknesses.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all
darknesses.

If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,
you'll find it's easy to slip into read more

If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,
you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of
life that's far below what you deserve.

See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.

See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now-always.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now-always.

For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Real
life. But there was read more

For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Real
life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got
through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt
to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these
obstacles were my life.

Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.

Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of the
real with the ideal never goes read more

Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing. A confusion of the
real with the ideal never goes unpunished.

For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are the
anvil, bear-When you are the hammer, read more

For all your days prepare, And meet them ever alike: When you are the
anvil, bear-When you are the hammer, strike.