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.

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.

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.

Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits.

Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits.

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.

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.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

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.