By degrees, little by little, from time to time, a wise person should remove his own impurities as a smith removes the dross from silver.
Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore, not by book, nor from tongue. If knowledge of mysteries comes after emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart.
Don’t let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment.
When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it! You grab it and honour it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift.
At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language-door, and open the love-window. The moon won’t use the door, only the window.
The worthy person is grateful and mindful of benefits done to him. This gratitude, this mindfulness, is congenial to the best people.
