“Enlightenment is not a goal to be attained, it is a state-of-being to be regained.”
“Salvation is about restoration--not merely restoration to the original state in Eden, but to the attainment of the goal of Eden.”
“To live entirely without a goal! I have glimpsed this state, and have often attained it, without managing to remain there: I am too weak for such happiness.”
“Success is not only a goal. It is a journey. When you commit yourself to the journey, the goal is surely there to be attained.”
“Enlightenment is the unprogrammed state.”
“But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself.”