“We imagine that things come into existence, endure for a while, and then pass out of existence”

“Whatever the world dishes up, we take it on--not on our own terms, but on the world's.”

“This will never come again”

“As we live out of such a mind, we become generous, with no sense of tolerance. We become patient, with no sense of putting up with anything. We become compassionate, with no sense of separation. And we become wise, with no sense of having to straighten anyone out.”

“What makes human life--which is inseparable from this moment--so precious is its fleeting nature. And not that it doesn't last but that it never returns again.”

“[F]ocus not on ourselves as a force in charge of the manipulation of others, but on how our lives interpenetrate those of others – and … all creatures of a dynamic universe.”

“Belief is at best an educated, informed conjecture about Reality.”

“If your idea of good opposes something else, you can be sure that [it] is not absolute or certain.”

“We can only be here. We can't leave. We are always here.”

“How can a hard and fast view of a world that is never hard and fast possibly be accurate?”

“[W]hen you practise right meditation, you 'cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words and following speech, and learn the backward step that turns your light inwardly to illuminate your self.”