“When someone beats a rug,the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.”

“Take someone who doesn't keep score,who's not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing,who has not the slightest interest evenin his own personality: he's free.”

“Pull the thorn of existence out of the heart! Fast!For when you do, you will see thousands of rose gardens in yourself.”

“I know you're tired but come, this is the way.”

“Everything you possess of skill, and wealth, and handicraft,wasn't it first merely a thought and a quest?”

“Love isn't the work of the tender and the gentle;Love is the work of wrestlers.The one who becomes a servant of loversis really a fortunate sovereign.Don't ask anyone about Love; ask Love about Love.Love is a cloud that scatters pearls.”

“Like a sculptor, if necessary,carve a friend out of stone.Realize that your inner sight is blindand try to see a treasure in everyone.”