We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Food to a large extent is what holds a society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.
Learning is retained through putting into practice; family prestige is maintained through good behavior; a respectable person is recognised by his excellent qualities; and anger is seen in the eyes.
One who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draws his limbs within the shell, is to be understood as truly situated in knowledge.
Life is our teacher. Life communicates with us all the time and it is a lesson to see how life continuously has led me to the people I need to meet, to the situations I need to experience, and to the places I need to be.

