What is within is always the same, the soul. What is without is ever-changing. What is within is essential. What is without we can live without....

Enlightenment is not a utopia. Enlightenment and unhappiness are not mutually exclusive. One could simultaneously be enlightened and unhappy, momentarily. The enlightened radiate light. While solid objects cast shadows over them, the shadows are temporary illusions that are quickly dissipated by their light....

The sun shows us every significant thing on earth and the billions upon billions of stars tell us how insignificant it all is....

When we have no doubts about how we see something, we close our eyes to other possibilities....

Heaven is peaceful and those in heaven want to keep it that way. They only let into heaven only those who live peaceful lives on Earth who are already in heaven....

Buddha opened his eyes and was able to see the universe as it is. Had Buddha been studying Buddhism, he would have seen many things through his mind which would have precluded him seeing the universe as it is....

Babies see the world as it is, always new as it is everchanging, because they don't remember what they see....

Every night we die and every morning we are born anew. Thus, every day is our first and last day of life. As it's our first day, everything is fascinating. As it's our last day, we appreciate everything....

If someone doesn't love or respect us, that's their problem. We can only feel badly for them because they simply don't get it. However, we too have a problem if we resent them for it....