Your treasure house is within; it contains all you'll ever need.

Your treasure house is within; it contains all you'll ever need.

He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to read more

He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.

I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one read more

I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring desires of your mind to me, every time they emerge. They cannot shock me, for I willed them! Bring me your confusion, your fear, your craving, your anxiety, your inability to love the world, your hesitation to serve, your jealousy, all the deficiencies that defy your spiritual disciplines.

Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear.

Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear.

Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof -- that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation- guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas read more

Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof -- that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation- guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas dilute their Nirvana with equal parts of love and work.

All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am read more

All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.

His spiritual life has been exaggerated by a chronic attack of mental gallstones.

His spiritual life has been exaggerated by a chronic attack of mental gallstones.

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand read more

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.

Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.

Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.