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.

Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.

Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

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.

There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live! There is no substitute read more

There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live! There is no substitute for an all-out, over-the-ramparts, howling charge against life. That's living. Living does not consist of sitting in a temple in the shadows and getting rheumatism from the cold stones. Living is hot, it's fast, it's often brutal! It has a terrific gamut of emotional reactions. If you are really willing to live, you first have to be willing to do anything that consists of living. Weird. But it's one of those awfully true things that you wonder why one has to say it. And yet it has to be said.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

Spiritual power begins by directing animal power to other than egoistic ends.

Spiritual power begins by directing animal power to other than egoistic ends.

Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts read more

Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts have been understood. Nothing is as real as a healthy dose of magic which restores our spirits.

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.