A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.
-Alan Wilson Watts
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From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust. God watches them play and forgets the priest.
-Rabindranath Tagore
I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem.
-Jonathan Safran Foer
It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.
-David Foster Wallace
By the grace of wisdom and purity of mind, He can be seen indivisible, in the silence of contemplation. This invisible atman can be seen by the mind wherein the five senses are resting.
-Vedas
A mathematical formula for happiness: Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.
-Jodi Picoult
