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Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

Just as the sun by itself
illuminates the entire world,
so the field owner illumines
everything in the field.

Love softens everything except our sense of integrity.

If you listen to the traffic with a clear mind, without any concepts, it is not noisy, it is only what it is.

Even the purest of teachers will face bitter criticism from those who feel threatened by him.

Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.

It is better to do your own duty badly than to perfectly do an others; when you do your duty, you are naturally free from sin.

The audience will remember what it didn't expect to see.

I am speechless: what can I answer?
I put hand on my mouth.
I have said too much already;
now I will speak no more.

But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

He doesn't hear but sees the Voice.

Wishes are like magnifying glasses they enlarge and focus an intention that is already inside us.

Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.

The change of language is a change in reality.

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

If good happens, good; if bad happens, good.

Hmm,' said the King. 'I must write that down in my book of aphorisms. I don't know if it is deep, but it sounds deep.

When there's no way out, you just follow the way in front of you.

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

What is the gospel according to Jesus? Simply this: that the love we all long for in our innermost heart is already present, beyond longing.

So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.