Forgive your enemy, but do not mistake him for a friend.
Desire is not what you see, but what you imagine.
The cup of suffering is not the same size for everyone.
When the Warrior takes on a commitment, he keeps his word.
You must find your treasure in order to make sense of everything you discovered on the path.
The search for something can prove as interesting as finding it.
We need to clear our minds of bad thoughts.
Anyone who has known happiness will never again be able humbly to accept sadness.
Everything new troubles us. Life catches us unawares and obliges us to journey towards the unknown, even when we do not want to, even when we do not need to.
When we have great treasures before us, we can never see them.
When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting.
There is a language that is beyond words. If I can learn to decipher that language without words, I will be able to decipher the world.
It's in the present that lies the secret: if you pay attention to the present you will be able to enhance it.
Learn from someone who has already been up there: no matter how unique you feel, there is always someone who has had the same dream before you and ended up leaving marks that can make your journey easier; places to hang the rope, trails, broken branches to make the walking easier. The climb is yours, so is the responsibility, but don't forget that the experience of others can help a lot.
Do not struggle against your thoughts; they are stronger than you are. If you want to be free of them, accept them.
Love gives us the strength to perform impossible tasks.
Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.
Do not try to explain feelings. Live everything intensely and treasure what you feel as a gift from God.
A person who goes in search of God is wasting his time. he can walk a thousand roads and join many religions and sects- but he'll never find God that way. God is here, right now, at our side. In order to find God, you have to only to look around.
Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not in the way that love should manifest itself--free and untrammeled, guiding us with its force and driving us on.
When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know so many people who are brilliant speakers but are quite incapable of practising what they preach. It's one thing to describe a situation & quite another to experience it. I realised a long time ago that a warrior in search of his dream must take his inspiration from what he actually does & not from what he imagines himself doing.
We must marry, have children, reproduce the species.
He views life with tenderness and determination.
No man is an island. To fight the good fight we need help.
Body and soul need new challenges.
