The seeker says, “I do not know.” That takes honesty. The master says, “I do not know.” That takes a mystic’s mind that knows things through non-knowing. The disciple says, “I know.” That takes ignorance, in the form of borrowed knowledge. – Anthony de Mello
A man or woman of knowledge sweats and puffs like any ordinary person. Yet the folly of their life is under control. – Don Juan
As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on this earth. – Buddha
Imagine if all the tumult of the body were to quiet down, along with all our busy thoughts about earth, sea, and air; if the very world would stop, and the mind cease thinking about itself, go beyond itself, and be quite still; if all the fantasies that appear in dreams and imagination would cease,…
When you are deluded and full of doubt, even a thousand books of scripture are not enough. When you have realized understanding, even one word is too much. – Fen-Yang
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all being in the world. – Lao Tzu
The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see. – Chuang-Tzu
Kill me, O my trustworthy friends, for in my being killed is my life. Love is that you remain standing in front of your Beloved. When you are deprived of all your attributes, then His attributes become your qualities. Between me and You, there’s only me. Take away the me, so only You remain. I…
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; Reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. – Simone Weil
Do not build up your views upon your senses and thoughts; but at the same time do not seek the mind away from your senses and thoughts, do not try to grasp reality by rejecting your senses and thoughts. When you are neither attached or detached from them, then you enjoy perfect unobstructed freedom, then…