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“I'm walking on the sky I see the moon I see the light”

“We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them.”

“Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God.”

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.”

“Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.”

“The more I think about language, the more it amazes me that people ever understand each other at all.”

“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”

“There is no solution because there is no problem.”

“This man is the master of us all.”

“The soul that desires God to surrender himself to it entirely must surrender itself entirely to him without keeping anything for itself.”

“Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can be confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life - don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness; it is after all, all the same: the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.”

“A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.”

“You can only stop the flow of thoughts by refusing to have any interest in it.”

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”

“All the loving acts that two human beings are capable of, the simple act of holding hands can often become the most intimate. Why is this so? Basically, because the nature of the hands and feet is such that the energy system finds expression in these two parts of the body in a very singular way. Two palms coming together have far more intimacy than the contact between any other parts of the body. You can try this with yourself. You don’t even need a partner. When you put your hands together, the two energy dimensions within you (right-left, masculine-feminine, solar-lunar, yin-yang, etc.) are linked in a certain way, and you begin to experience a sense of unity within yourself. This is the logic of the traditional Indian namaskar. It is a means of harmonizing the system. So, the simplest way to experience a state of union is to try this simple namaskar yoga. Put your hands together, and pay loving attention to any object you use or consume, or any form of life that you encounter. When you bring this sense of awareness into every simple act, your experience of life will never be the same again. There is even a possibility that if you put your hands together, you could unite the world!”

“If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.”

“Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.”

“It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.”

“He said The Sufi is the son of the moment.”