Life is like a 1,000 page book. You want to quit halfway through, but then you realise you have a lot left to look forward to.
In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand
Fight with yourself, why fight with external foes? He, who overcomes self will obtain happiness.
Lao Tan said, “I was letting my mind wander in the beginning of things.”
“What does this mean?” asked Confucius. Lao Tan said, “It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect Happiness. He who attains Perfect Beauty and wanders in Perfect Happiness may be called the Perfect Man.”
Direct the mind resolutely towards God, restraining the senses in their various seats, and looking on the state of the body as a matter of indifference. Realise your oneness with God, remaining continually intent on identifying with its nature…for what use is there in other, empty things?
