Even without his robes an arahant is recognized simply by the effect his metta has in a crowd.
Do we not see all humans unaware Of what they want, and always searching everywhere, And changing place, as if to drop the load they bear?
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Truths kindle light for truths.
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.
For as children tremble and fear everything in the blind darkness, so we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true. This terror therefore and darkness of mind must be dispelled not by the rays of the sun and glittering shafts of day, but by the aspect and law of nature.
. . . Nature allows Destruction nor collapse of aught, until Some outward force may shatter by a blow, Or inward craft, entering its hollow cells, Dissolve it down.
Dames are always pulling a switch on you.
Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
Meditation is not just blissing out under a mango tree. It completely changes your brain and therefore changes what you are.
It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.