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.

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.

You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. To change your circumstances you need read more

You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions.

Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light.

Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

There can be no hope when there lacks interest for better. There can be no trust when there lacks confirmation read more

There can be no hope when there lacks interest for better. There can be no trust when there lacks confirmation of truth. There can be no faith when there lacks complete confidence of purpose.

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.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.