"You can love as many people as you want - that does not mean one day you will go bankrupt, and you will have to declare, 'Now I have no love.' You cannot go bankrupt as far as love is concerned."
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Any Action is often Better than No Action
"Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing."
Thoughts
"Thoughts can at best point to the truth, but it never is the truth. That's why the Buddhist say: The finger pointing to the moon is not the moon."
Identification with your Mind
"Identification with your mind creates an opaque screen of concepts, labels, images, words, judgments, and definitions that blocks all true relationship. It comes between you and yourself, between you and your fellow man and woman, between you and nature, between you...
To Offer no Resistance to Life
"To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. This state is then no longer dependent upon things being in a certain way, good or bad. It seems almost paradoxical, yet when your inner dependency on form is gone, the general...
The Beauty of the Heart
"Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil like seeing the beauty of the heart."
Everything is simply Happy
"Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars. And if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or...
Relationships
"Never before have relationships been as problematic and conflict ridden as they are now. As you may continue to pursue the goal of salvation through a relationship, you will be disillusioned again and again. But if you accept that the relationship is here to make you...
Accept Yourself
"There is no need of any competition with anybody. You are yourself, and as you are, you are perfectly good. Accept yourself."
Whoever Lives as he Sees Fit
"Whoever lives as he sees fit will not die as he sees fit."