The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.
But sometimes what we call 'memory' and what we call 'imagination' are not so easily distinguished.
Things which don't shift and grow are dead things.
the material world and the flesh are only temporary - there are no sins of the flesh, spirit is everything!
Moonflowers blossom in the sand hills before dawn, just as I followed him.
The truth of course was otherwise, but Lecha had never felt she owed anyone the truth, unless it was truth about their own lives, and then they had to pay her to tell them.
the snow. . . came in thick tufts like new wool - washed before the weaver spins it.
I didn't take the reins of my career until I was about 21, and I've been in charge since then.
And I believe that if 100 million people became embodiments of peace, the world would transform, because consciousness is a collective phenomenon. And what we see as good and evil is the balance between forces.
Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. My three [great teachers] did not tell - they catalyzed a burning desire to know. Under their influence, the horizons sprung wide and fear went away and the unknown became knowable. But most important of all, the truth, that dangerous stuff, became beautiful and very precious.
I'm living on things that excite me, be they pastry, or lobster, or love. . .