“To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life.”

“He knew that any given thing on the face of the earth could reveal the history of all things. One could open a book to any page, or look at a person's hand; one could turn a card, or watch the flight of birds... whatever the thing observed, one could find a connection with his experience of the moment. Actually, it wasn't that those things, in themselves, revaled anything at all; it was just that people, looking at what was ocurring around them, could find a means of penetration to the Soul of the World.”

“it was her company he desired. He wanted to put his arms around her andto sit in silence, staring into the fire, drinking wine, smoking the occasional cigarette; thatwould be enough. Life was made up of simple things; he was weary of all the yearshe had spent searching for something, though quite what he didn't know.”

“Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have togive up all the other important things.”

“‎Comparing is empoverishing our own experience. There is meaning to our suffering, if we rise above it.”

“That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”

“That the truest experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”