“We are deaf to what life brings us.”

“Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?”

“We have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that. Suffering is what brings us towards happiness.”

“A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?”

“Instead of regretting what we cannot do, it is better to do anything we can do. Even if what we do does not bring us to our goal, it brings us much closer to it.”

“Going beyond our ordinary concept of self is what always brings us the greatest sense of joy in life. Going beyond our own boundaries brings us an ecstatic awareness of how we are truly created in connection with all that is.”