Christmas is forever, not for just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf. The good you do for others is good you do to yourself.
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
If an evil man comes and creates a disturbance, you should hold your peace. You must not angrily upbraid his; then he who has come to curse you will merely harm himself.
While fasting detoxifies the body, silence purifies speech and brings rest to the chattering mind, and meditation takes you deep into your own being.
The true nature of action is very difficult to understand. Therefore, one should know the nature of attached, detached and forbidden actions.
Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.
At night, I open the window and ask the moon to come and press its face against mine. Breathe into me. Close the language - door and open the love - window. The moon won’t use the door, only the window.
