Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair.

In banquets remember that you entertain two guests, body and soul: and what you give to the body you soon lose, but what you give to the soul remains forever.

God has entrusted me with myself. No man is my master, for God has made me free.

When you have closed your doors and made all dark within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; God is within, and your genius is within.

What need have they of light to see what you are doing?

Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original oneness?

Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the light?

See the world as yourself. Have faith in the way things are. Love the world as yourself; then you can care for all things.

Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace.

Each separate being in the universe returns to the common source. Returning to the source is serenity.

When you are at one with the Tao, you will live long and your life will be exempt from decay.

I am different from other people: I drink from the Great Mother's breast.

If you want to become full, let yourself be empty. If you want to be reborn, let yourself die.

It is the Mother of all things under heaven. I do not know its name, but I call it Tao.

The Tao is like a great river that flows everywhere. It is the Mother of the world.

If you stay in the center and embrace death with your whole heart, you will endure forever.

Nameless simplicity brings absence of desire. The absence of desire leads to stillness. And the world reaches peace of its own accord.

Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.

You are the universe expressing itself as a human for a little while.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.

You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.

Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

Treat each moment as utterly new and unique, having no past and no future.

When we open our eyes and look at the world without words, what is seen is just this: a magnificent, shimmering dance of energy.

A genuine saint never considers himself holy. He considers himself a normal human being who knows how to be himself.

Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no other time than this instant.

Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.

It is not something you do in order to get somewhere else. It is the realization that you are already there.

How does one achieve enlightenment? By not seeking it. For whoever seeks it assumes that he does not already have it.

You are already that which you are seeking.

To put it another way: God is the most obvious thing in the world, so obvious that we look right past Him.

You are the music that is playing itself.

Cloud-hidden, whereabouts unknown: that is the true address of the sage.

If you want to understand the universe, listen to the silence beneath the noise.

Let go, and you find that the universe catches you every single time.

You are the eyes through which the cosmos gazes upon its own glory.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

Synchronicity is an ever-present reality for those who have eyes to see.

My soul, where are you? Do you hear me? I speak, I call you—are you there? I have returned, I am here again.

The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul.

I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among all my patients in the second half of life, there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.

What is necessary is to give space to the quiet, subtle processes of the soul that happen when we cease to force our will.

The mandala is an archetypal image whose occurrence is attested throughout the ages. It signifies the wholeness of the Self.

Faith, Hope, Love, and Insight: these are the four great healing powers.

The soul is the living relationship with the unconscious.

The seat of the soul is where the inner and the outer worlds meet.

Beloved Pan, and all ye other gods who haunt this place, give me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward and the inward man be at one.

The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being, that moment I am free.

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being?

Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone; you can only serve.

Purity of heart is the condition for seeing God.

The divine spark is present in every beating heart.

Prayer is not an asking. It is a longing of the soul.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

When ego dies, truth is born.

The light within cannot be extinguished by darkness without.

We cross infinity with every step; we meet the eternal in every second.

The soul sings when it forgets its separate vanity.

The rhythm of the heart matches the music of the cosmos.

Live with the unknown as your sacred home.

The sacred is found in the unpolluted present.

The universe reveals its secrets to the silent mind.

The quiet heart hears the music of the cosmos.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

The awakened one walks in silence and grace.

Let truth be your refuge and light your guide.

The Heart is the center from which everything springs.

Surrender is giving oneself up to the original cause of one's being.

True surrender is the eradication of the ego.

Silence is the language of the Infinite.

The supreme peace is not far away; it is closer than your heartbeat.

Let the ego surrender to the silent presence within.

Live without anxiety, knowing that pure Awareness sustains all.

In the stillness of Arunachala, the soul discovers its eternity.

Be still and know that I AM God.

Stay rooted in the silent source of all life.

Trust the silent intelligence that guides the universe.

Do not search for God outside; look into the mirror of Consciousness.

Surrender all burdens to the infinite power within.

Silence is the ultimate completion of all striving.

Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.

When you are in tune with the Infinite, all things become possible.

Walk in the light of your own soul and you will never stumble in the dark.

Silence is the altar of the Infinite.

The divine grace is ever flowing; make yourself an open vessel.

Dwell in the fortress of your own divine consciousness.

In the silence of the soul, divine guidance is heard.

Your highest duty is to realize your oneness with the Divine.

The soul that rests in God knows no defeat.

The light within you can never be extinguished.

Divine joy is your eternal birthright.

In the heart of silence, all truth is known.

Transformation of the outer nature is the true goal of integral yoga.

When you surrender the ego, the divine Shakti takes up your work.

A single moment of true aspiration can alter lifetimes.

The divine grace is ever active; we have only to open our sails.

Aspiration is the soul's fire that burns away all dross.

Let your life be an unceasing upward prayer.

The light of the spirit dissolves the heaviest darkness.

The universe is an overflowing fountain of divine delight.

The highest prayer is silent surrender to the Supreme.

The soul is an unquenchable flame of divine aspiration.

The divine presence is the true center of all existence.

The cosmic harmony is ever singing its glorious song.

The sacred fire in the heart cannot be quenched.

The wind cannot be seen, yet it reveals its soul by swaying the cedar branches.

The moon does not withhold its reflection from the muddy puddle.

Those who seek only gold along the mountain stream walk right past the sacred water.

Truth is one; the wise call it by many names.

He who sees all beings in the Self, and the Self in all beings, can never harbor hatred for anyone.

From untruth lead me to truth; from darkness lead me to light; from death lead me to immortality.

The sun does not forget a village simply because it is small and hidden in the hills.

Listen to the night wind across the dunes; it carries the secrets of those who crossed before you.

Listen to the wind; it talks. Listen to the silence; it speaks. Listen to your heart; it knows.

There is no death, only a change of sacred worlds.

All creatures, two-legged, four-legged, winged, and rooted, are sacred relatives in the great circle of life.

Walk in balance and sacred beauty wherever your moccasins touch the living earth.

The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and culture.

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.

The soul is in the body as a pilot in a ship.

Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

Virtue is the health and beauty and well-being of the soul.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul.

Everything is woven together and the common bond is sacred.

Dig within. Within is the well of good, and it will ever bubble forth, if you will ever dig.

He who has a calm nature and is undisturbed by events carries a sanctuary within his breast.

The soul becomes like that which it contemplates.

Every morning when you wake up, thank the heavens for the gift of another day of conscious thought.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

True joy is a serene and serious matter.

Throw off anxiety and enter the haven of your own mind.

Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.

Listen to the reed how it complains, telling a tale of separations.

When I am silent, I fall into the place where everything is music.

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.

The soul has been given its own ears to hear things the mind does not understand.

Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.

Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave till it gets to shore.

Knock, And He'll open the door. Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun. Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens. Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.

There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen.

Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being.

Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought!

Every object, every being, is a jar full of delight.

The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you are already that.

Stay in the spiritual fire. Let it cook you.

Drink your wine in the sanctuary of peace.

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep.

People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

The lamps are different, but the Light is the same.

There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.

Sit quietly, and listen for a voice that will say, 'Be more silent.'

Water says to the dirty: 'Come here.' The dirty says: 'I am ashamed.' Water says: 'How will you be cleansed without me?'

Whatever purifies you is the right path, I will not try to define it.

Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.

Be silent, for the world of silence is a vast fullness.

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

What you seek is seeking you.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.