“Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.”

“The less you get attached to your preferences, the less they will become your source of stress.”

“Be in the world but not of it; become less attached to outcome and more attuned to outgo, which is the natural radiance of your being.”

“You may have to declare your forgiveness a hundred times the first day and the second day, but the third day will be less and each day after, until one day you will realize that you have forgiven completely. And then one day you will pray for his wholeness and give him over to me so that my love will burn from his life every vestige of corruption.”

“Love may endure a lifetime, but it is less reliable on a day-to-day basis.”

“There is no less holiness at this time- as you are reading this- than there was on the day the Red Sea parted, or that day in the 30th year, in the 4th month, on the 5th day of the month as Ezekiel was a captive by the river Cheban, when the heavens opened and he saw visions of god. There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree at the end of your street than there was under Buddha’s bo tree…. In any instant the sacred may wipe you with its finger. In any instant the bush may flare, your feet may rise, or you may see a bunch of souls in trees.”