“We became attached to the worldly possessions, as we were not capable of penetrating through the sky and peek at what was prepared for us.”

“Possessing what we still were unpossessed by,
Possessed by what we now no more possessed.”

“Everything can be a trap. A hermit goes to a cave to get out of all worldly attachments and then gets attach to the cave. If we miss the point, then everything becomes a trap.”

“It is not by lack of capability that we don't thrive but it is by either lack of knowledge that we possess it or by non-application of it.”

“There was no safety. There was no pride. All there was, was money. Everything became money, and money became everything. Money treated us as if we were things, and we died.”

“What we seek, at the deepest level, is inwardly to resemble, rather than physically to possess, the objects and places that touch us through their beauty.”

“We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates.”

“Attachment is the most powerful force in the universe. We are meant to learn in the context of attachment about what we are attached to, and the things that serve our attachment needs.”

“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.”

“Our attachments are our temple, what we worship, no? What we give ourselves to, what we invest with faith…. Attachments are of great seriousness. Choose your attachments carefully. Choose your temple of fanaticism with great care.”