“Just because we are working hard does not mean we are making anything happen.”

“We work very hard to have what Buddha gave up to become enlightened. Does that mean we are benighted?”

“What does it mean if we're afraid? Does it mean something bad is going to happen to us? No, it doesn't mean something bad is going to happen. It just means that we have the chance to be brave!”

“Is a PLONGEUR'S work really necessary to civilization? We have a feeling that it must be 'honest' work, because it is hard and disagreeable, and we have made a sort of fetish of manual work. We see a man cutting down a tree, and we make sure that he is filling a social need, just because he uses his muscles; it does not occur to us that he may only be cutting down a beautiful tree to make room for a hideous statue. I believe it is the same with a PLONGEUR. He earns his bread in the sweat of his brow, but it does not follow that he is doing anything useful; he may be only supplying a luxury which, very often, is no luxury at all.”

“I'm sorry, but nothing 'just happens'. Stuff happens because either we make it happen or we let it.”

“It may look impossible, but God can do the impossible. Just because you don’t see anything happening doesn’t mean God is not working”