I never lie because I don't fear anyone. You only lie when you're afraid.
-Robert Brault
The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry.
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
Vacuity, tranquillity, mellowness, quietness and taking no action characterise things of the universe at peace and represent the ultimate Tao and virtue. Therefore abide in them.
The essential matrimonial facts: that to be happy you have to find variety in repetition; that to go forward you have to come back to where you begin.
-Jeffrey Eugenides
In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.