A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.
The difference between going where you are needed and going where you are called is purely based upon diligent prayer and the leading of the Holy Spirit.
Writing about the self to spur intellectual growth or attain a teardrop of emotional salvation is akin to a fish attempting to construct a net that will capture itself.
... after much practice and struggle, you come to feel for yourself that enlightenment is not only possible, but in process.
We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.
In all of the Oriental religions great value is placed on the Sanskrit doctrine of Tat tvam asi, "Thou art that," which asserts that everything you think you are and everything you think you perceive...
Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi.
What could you do? Major Major asked himself again. What could you do with a man who looked you...
If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order...
We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle.
Hope for some means its loss for others; when the hopeless regain some hope, those in power--the...
The Red Lion was a four-ale bar with a handful of lowbrowed sons of toil who looked as though they...
if you don't understand something, you can't approximate it. You're really just guessing.
Why are they going to disappear him? I don't know. It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good...
Keep in mind that when we talk of a great painting we are not really talking about anything great....
Read me back the last line. 'Read me back the last line,' read back the corporal who could take...